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Iraq’s weak new prime minister faces a terrifying welcome: ongoing war, renegade militias, allies that undermine, and a fiscal cliff.

@SajadJiyad charts Ali Zaidi’s perilous agenda on Order from Ashes @CenturyIntl

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Lebanon's grassroots solar boom has mostly benefited those who own their homes and can afford the investment—installations have plateaued at <25% of households. A new report by @verder0 offers a case study of one way the boom could become more equitable.

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Since Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on March 2, Western hawks have revived colonial-era schemes to build pipelines from the Gulf to Israel.

These fantastical proposals won’t work, and cannot solve the growing energy crisis.

New report from CI fellow @zackcuyler.

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@AbuJamajem Read the whole report here: https://t.co/hkEyDgqOQT

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Syrian truckers successfully fought to shield their industry from the economic liberalization agenda of Sharaa's government.

Now, the Syrian business community is crying foul.

The story underlines the tense challenges facing Syria’s new leaders.

New report from @AbuJamajem

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My new report for @CenturyIntl, on what a fight over trucking and the Shara' government's abrupt policy swings tell us about the new Syria: https://t.co/Ga1POSYPxo

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Fitful resumption of shipping in Hormuz shouldn't distract from long-term harm and shocks to global economy.

We'll be tallying the costs of the elective Iran war for a generation.

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Israel and Lebanon’s Bloody Ceasefire @JewishCurrents https://t.co/HBoCGwkP78

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How will the Arab monarchies in the Gulf deploy their wealth and power now they’ve learned the limits of America’s security umbrella?

@rohadvani on Order from Ashes @CenturyIntl

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America’s war economy helps no one.

Short term: ends lives, undermines democracy, makes daily life unaffordable.

Long term, even worse: pitches world into recession and dystopia.

@Eamon_KA on Order from Ashes @CenturyIntl

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The pain that consumers are feeling from the Iran war is real, and likely to get worse. But those short-term costs are only the tip of the economic iceberg, writes CI editor-in-chief @eamonka.bsky.social in a new commentary.

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Runaway war spending disfigures every aspect of the economy.

Americans will be paying the costs of Trump’s reckless war on Iran for generations.

@Eamon_KA for @centuryintl

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Rural Lebanon’s near-total transition to solar is inspiring for emerging economies, writes CI contributor Camillo Stubenberg in a new report.

But it also carries warnings: left unmanaged, Lebanon’s unlikely solar revolution could harden into another tale of haves and have-nots.

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Lebanon’s energy crisis spurred a stunning revolution in rural solar energy. But cities are still chugging diesel. Broadening the benefits of solar requires good state policy, argues CI contributor Camillo Stubenberg.