Fred Hof on Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s Quest Ahead

Senior Fellow at Bard Center for Civic Engagement Fred Hof has written for the Atlantic Council about the challenges facing Lebanese President Joseph Aoun after his recent inauguration. His article “The Quest Ahead for Lebanon’s New President: Secure a Modern Statehood” discusses whether Aoun’s stated goals in his speech can be achieved in Lebanon’s current climate.  “Aoun must perform a diplomatic high-wire act,” writes Hof. “If he wishes to succeed, he must build a mass political movement from the ground up, one dedicated not to him personally but to the idea that it is time, at long last, for Lebanon to graduate from Ottomanism, and that it is time for citizenship-based statehood to emerge.”

Post Date: 01-21-2025