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Antalya Diplomacy Forum: Mapping Tomorrow Amid Global Turbulence 

Yusuf Kanli

The Lebanon of Tomorrow

Samara Azzi

From disinflation to divergence: why Türkiye stands apart in the OECD energey shock

Yusuf Kanli

A Generation Choosing Hope: Why Many Lebanese See Opportunity in Peace

Samara Azzi

Talks Collapse: Is a World War Approaching, or Has It Already Begun?

Yusuf Kanli

“Once and for All” Again? The Contours of Israel’s Latest Campaign in Lebanon

Assaf Orion

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon

The Telegraph

Two Beiruts

Samara Azzi

HEADLINES

Cash Economy

USDT’s Rise in Lebanon Is Accelerating an Unseen Dollar Drain

Shaffaf Exclusive: In Beirut’s trading hubs, a parallel financial system is no longer emerging, it is already in place. Small…

The Stablecoin Paradox: How Crypto Is Powering Both Financial Freedom and Terror Financing in Lebanon

Fiscal Discipline for Some, Flexibility for Others: Lebanon’s IMF Dilemma

Lebanon Must Prioritise Depositors Before Politics Delays Reform Again

Lebanon’s Financial Gap Resolution Plan: Legalizing the Heist

Ballots, backhoes, and boomerangs: How Viktor Orbán engineered the perfect trap for himself

COMMENTARY

When Tehran’s Anchor Falls, Will Lebanon Sink or Swim?

Energy Shock hits Turkiye: War-driven price surge tests economy and boosts transit role

Iran Alone

General Yoav Gallant

A Farewell to a Mind That Spoke with History: In memory of Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı

Magazine

Turkish cannot go back to Arabic script

“We had a language which was very suitable for science; yet we slept over it one night and the next morning…

FROM CYPRUS TO GREENLAND: CAN HISTORY BE REPEATED IN A FRACTURING INTERNATIONAL ORDER?

Three years later: the rubble still speaks

Cyprus at a dual inflection point: Symbolism, fragmentation, and the politics of recalibration

Turkey in the Middle Eastern ‘swamp’