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For Lebanon's Disabled Community, War Has Deepened a Long Crisis

How does one truly measure competent, equitable governance? State recognition of its most marginalized citizens as a valuable, integral part of society is the bare minimum. For Lebanon’s disabled and

Lebanon's Ban on Hezbollah's Military Activities: Sovereign Assertion or Structural Test?

Lebanon’s Council of Ministers has adopted a formal decision banning Hezbollah’s military and security activities, marking one of the clearest legal assertions of state authority over non-state arms in the

Lebanon's Government Wants Disarmament. Will Hezbollah Oblige?

On Aug. 5, Lebanon’s governing cabinet instructed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to develop a plan to disarm all non-state armed actors in the country—including Lebanese Hezbollah. However, even with

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