Author: Oussama Safa | Journal of Democracy

Oussama Safa is general director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, a public-policy think-tank based in Beirut. His research interests include democracy and conflict resolution in the Middle East, electoral reform, and anticorruption. He is currently working on issues of transitional justice in Lebanon and on empowering youth movements in the Arab region.

January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1

Getting to Arab Democracy: Lebanon Springs Forward

Oussama Safa

Taking advantage of the withdrawal of Syrian troops, Lebanese voters capped the "Beirut Spring" by electing a new majority in parliament.