About The
Lebanese Lens

Beirut is a good place to watch the world from. Few cities feel global events as directly. A war across a border, a shift in Gulf policy, a decision in DC, a debate in Brussels or Paris, a move in Ankara, a vote at the Security Council: here these are not distant headlines but forces that shape the country’s politics, economy, and future. The Lebanese Lens exists to make sense of those forces from where they land.

This is a space for analysis and opinion on international affairs, with a focus on public policy. I write about the decisions governments and international institutions make, why they make them, and what they mean for Lebanon, the region, and the smaller states that live with the consequences of great-power choices. The aim is not to repeat the news but to explain it, and to say plainly what I think should be done.

I have spent more than twenty years working on public policy. Since 2011, I have served as international affairs advisor to H.E. Najib Mikati, including during his terms as Prime Minister of Lebanon. Before and alongside that, I worked with international agencies in Beirut and New York. That experience has given me a close view of how diplomacy and policy are actually made: the negotiations behind the statements, the gap between what is promised and what is delivered, and how decisions taken far away play out in Lebanon.

The views here are my own and do not represent any government, office, or institution. They are argued in good faith, open to challenge, and written for anyone who wants to understand the world as it looks from this side of the Mediterranean.