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Last Updated On: Jan 17 2021 10:58 Gmt+3 “From time immemorial Europe has been confronted with an ‘Eastern Question’. In its essence the problem is unchanging. It has arisen from the clash in the lands of South-Eastern Europe between the habits, ideas and preconceptions of the West and those of the East. But although one in essence, the problem has assumed different aspects at different periods.” This is how Sir John A.R. Marriott describes the Eastern Question in his classic text, “The Eastern Question, An Historical Study in European Diplomacy”. This definition of the Eastern ...

A French President Emmanuel Macron’s testing positive for Covid-19 came as a sad but helpful opportunity for the Lebanese establishment to save face. It was a perfect opportunity to prove the futility of all superficial deals attempted to solve an existential problem. The fact is that the problem lies deep in the conflicting sectarian interests connected to Lebanon’s identity and fate, as well as the future of the Middle East as a whole. Some European approaches in the Middle East have failed because certain influential European powers misread the realities of regional politics; whil...