Assessments Aug 10, 2020 | 16:57 GMTAug 10, 2020
The explosion has reinvigorated demands for reforming Lebanon's entrenched political system, which has long benefited the wealthy while failing to address the country's deteriorating economy.
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Snapshots Aug 5, 2020 | 19:36 GMTAug 5, 2020
The damage to Lebanon’s most critical port in Beruit will exacerbate the country’s food and supply shortages, as well as intensify popular anger at the Lebanese government.
Snapshots Jul 20, 2020 | 18:58 GMTJul 20, 2020
By cutting its Citizens' Account Program welfare program, Riyadh risks undermining necessary economic reforms and creating even more subsidies to placate its populace.
Assessments May 27, 2020 | 10:00 GMTMay 27, 2020
By slashing demand for foreign labor, the global economic fallout from COVID-19 will deprive Gulf countries of some of the highly skilled workers needed to grow and diversify their oil-dependent economies.
On Geopolitics May 22, 2020 | 11:00 GMTMay 22, 2020
While nationalism, economic control and the security forces will work for the government for a while, the longer austerity persists, the less effective they will prove.
By Ryan Bohl
Assessments Mar 27, 2020 | 20:09 GMTMar 27, 2020
Given that COVID will worsen the unresolved factors driving protest movements, unrest in the Middle East can be expected to surge later in the year.
Assessments Mar 6, 2020 | 17:32 GMTMar 6, 2020
The government will likely choose to enact austerity measures to secure external financial assistance -- something that could threaten its ability to remain in power.
Snapshots Feb 7, 2020 | 21:37 GMTFeb 7, 2020
Economic projections find that if current conditions hold, the Gulf region's wealthy monarchies will begin to face a financial reckoning within the decade.
Assessments Jan 23, 2020 | 21:31 GMTJan 23, 2020
In an effort to appease the country's protest movement, the new government is likely to offer short-term solutions that won't address the country's long-term issues.
Assessments Jan 17, 2020 | 11:00 GMTJan 17, 2020
Accelerating economic deterioration and continued political paralysis are beginning to manifest in more extreme expressions of protest anger.
By Ryan Bohl
