New Realities in an Ancient Land

Wissam Yafi's Blog presents opinions on the most pressing issues in his native Lebanon and the Arab World and possible solutions to salient problems.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

A Speech Longing to be Read by an Arab Leader

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My fellow countrymen, I stand in front of you today for two reasons. The first is simply to apologize to all of you. After much introspecti...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

What Happens Now?

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In some of my recent lectures, I have been repeatedly receiving the same question. With Yemen's Saleh, Libya's Gadhafi, and Syria...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

If Assad Falls, We Will See all the Region's Alliances Unravel

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An interesting article by Patrick Seale in the Guardian. Interesting for three reasons: First, because of it's geopolitical implicati...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

President Obama's Hands ?

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President Obama's speech yesterday night must go down in history as being one of the most "on the one hand... on the other hand...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Qatar becomes 1st Arab country to fly over Libya

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Good Job Qatar for Supporting Libya No Fly !!! This is a recent Associated Press article of how a Gulf country is coming to the aid of th...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Libya in The Balance

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Attached is a recent article from Time Magazine, which highlights the precarious situation in Libya,and the fact that Gadhafi seems to be ho...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Islamophobia in the News ...

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Lately, in the US, there seems to be a surge in what some are terming Islamophobia. A recent emotional hearing on the hill touched on the su...
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Wissam S. Yafi
Reston, VA, United States
Wissam Yafi obtained an MPA/ID degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2001 having studied in its first cohort under Jeffrey Sachs, Dany Rodrik, Lant Pritchett, among others. Since graduation, Mr. Yafi has been writing on Middle East economic development, geopolitics, and technology policy having traveled extensively throughout the region and consulted with leaders, policy makers, and academicians. He has published two books: Inevitable Democracy in the Arab World (2011): New Realities in an Ancient Land, a book which looks at the dynamics forcing change in the Middle East. Also, A Decade of Turmoil and Hope (2013), which discusses the Arab region and Lebanon from the turn of the century to the Arab Spring. As well as Fina, a utopian science fiction novel about a futuristic Lebanon. Mr. Yafi continuously lectures and publishes Op-Eds and commentaries.
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