Five years after the start of the Tishreen movement, the current absence of a mass protest movement in Iraq should not be interpreted as a sign that young people have become less ambitious, or that ...

Lebanon is a consociational democracy, a system that Arend Lijphart defines as a power-sharing model specific to a given state or society based on ethnic, religious, or linguistic considerations. In ...

In political science it’s called “consociationalism.” Premised on collective and individual entitlements, a consociational government guarantees group representation, ensures power sharing in the ...