Freedom Of Speech

Dear readers, 

This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend LibertyCon Europe, organized by my organization, Students For Liberty.

Warren’s economic ideas are closer to Chavismo than to standard economic thinking.

If you have been to a supermarket during the last year, you should have noticed that our economy is experiencing a rise in its inflation rate. In the last year, consumer prices have rose by 6.8 percent.

Chile elected socialist candidate Gabriel Boric as president. 

Dear readers, 

On Sunday, Chile elected socialist candidate Gabriel Boric as president. 

In countries like Venezuela, corruption is more than a problem, is a system. 

Today, the United Nations celebrates International Anti-Corruption Day, which seeks to highlight the “rights and responsibilities of everyone” in tackling corruption, including government officials, civil society, and the public.

Nearly three months after the Taliban illegitimately wrested power, Afghanistan is at the edge of abyss. United Nations has already warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of one of the world's  worst humanitarian crises.

Achieving peace in Ukraine is vital to Europe’s Future

Dear readers, 

Since 1939, there has never been a greater chance of war between two major countries in Europe than the one we face today. 

On Lebanon’s Independence Day, SFL alumna Romy Haber writes about her country’s critical situation. 

Next month, I will be giving my first in-person lecture since the pandemic. At Maastricht University’s Law School, I will be talking about the interrelation of economic development and political stability. 

Dear readers,

Lebanon is on the verge of total collapse. A modernization of its political institutions cannot be postponed.

Dear readers,

As many of you know, my paternal family is of Lebanese origin. My grandparents, Antoniette and Georges Jraissati, were born in a town outside Beirut called Zahlé, of no more than 150,000 people.

On September 17, 1787, delegates left the Constitutional Convention in the Independence Hall in Philadelphia.  As they exited, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government do we have?  "A Republic," he replied, "if you can keep it."