Saad Hariri announced his resignation from the position of the designated Minister President of Lebanon after a short talk with President Michel Aoun. Through this, the country now has neither a government nor a Minister President. Hariri didn´t propose an alternative for himself for that position.
One off the many deficits in Lebanon is the all-embracing corruption. But why is the country so attached to it? One of the main reasons is certainly the system of government. After the devastating civil war, people were looking for a different way to stabilise the country. The pure number of different confessions gave path… Continue reading Corruption in Lebanon
In Lebanon, the country itself has never been the highest reason. The confessions, foreign powers, money, family, everything is more important than the existence of the state. The country is an illusion, and it takes creative people to keep this alive. A country is being created „I was searching for Algeria in History, but I… Continue reading An Illusion of a Country
Lebanon can hardly be seen as a full-scale state. To powerful are several militias, too little interest is there from the political and economical elites. Foreign countries taken more and more responsabilities of the state, NGO´s, United Nations and Western nations, neighbors from Arabia, Turkey and Iran. Where will this destruction of the state leads… Continue reading A Colonie – but for whom?
Once the Mediterranean was the center of the civilised world, home of great civilisations and powerful empires. Today, it is at most seen as a route for migration, a store for natural gas or simply a place of political instability. But why is that the case today, will it change again and what can tell… Continue reading The Center of the World?
How do you wanna help a country, when its politicians just enrich themselves without any care for the people, and when the most powerfull acteur in inner politics is actually an enemy of yours? Saudi Arabia is currently facing this dilemma, and so far, there´s no solution in sight.
Dusty is the road to glory, full of austerities and compromises. And so the road to Baalbek in a small and overcrowded minibus, towards greatest temple of the Romans, a God himself, reborn as city.
In sight of an everworsening situation in the country of cedars, calls for state intervention are increasing. Not only for money or food, but for the shelter of the military. That on the other side is now provided by foreign countries. With money and food.
A new alliance shall strenghtens the arab countries in global politics. Will they be successful?
Lebanon was, for most of its history, oriented towards the West, the Mediterranean and later the european nations. Could it be, that in times of a rising China and an expansionary Iran, the country will change it focuse and looks in the East instead? Should Iran be capable to fulfill its dream and gonne establish… Continue reading Towards the East?
Simon Dierich 