The Globalist

Salvini, Meloni and the hard right have to contend with a resurgence of the center left in Italy’s most important urban centers.

With Hariri’s return to power in Lebanon, the old guard’s political maneuvering intended to outflank the public has worked.

Lebanon needs a new state, not new visits from the President of France.

Protesters in Lebanon have plenty of reason to bemoan the autocratic response of the government — and its inability to deal with the economic crisis.

Lebanon’s peaceful revolution faces being crushed by Iran-backed Hezbollah terrified of a new Middle East politics.