About
Antonia Williams has a background in journalism and is currently studying for her Master’s Degree in War Studies at King’s College London. She previously worked in the press office of the Center for American Studies where she coordinated conferences with leading Italian companies on geopolitics, international diplomacy, artificial intelligence ned cybersecurity. She worked extensively with the US Embassy in Rome, curating close-door roundtables with Italian Ministers and US delegations.
Lebanon faces simultaneous political, economic and health crises and the people are bearing the brunt of the chaos.
For the past two years, while Lebanon was dealing with a deep economic crisis, a deadly pandemic, and a ruinous explosion at Beirut port, its rulers have failed to solve their ongoing power struggle and, if anything, have made things worse.
A long-running family rivalry coupled with a severe economic crisis and the unrelenting Covid-19 pandemic have put Jordan’s reputation as the Middle East’s most stable Arab country at risk.
The combination of a long-running family rivalry coupled with asevere economic crisis, chronic political problems, and the unrelenting Covid-19 pandemic have put Jordan’s reputation as the Middle East’s most stable country at risk.
Power outages are the latest outrage in Lebanon's unrelenting political and economic crises.
During the second week of a national vaccine rollout, 16 Lebanese lawmakers and several staff members were immunized with the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at the Lebanese parliament in Beirut. Days earlier, President Michel Aoun, his wife, and ten staff members also got vaccinated.
The super bowl, in its fifty-four years, has always been more than just an athletic event for Americans. Besides the drama of the game, there are thematic narratives that reflect the moment in which the game is played. Those narratives include the sporting event itself, its commercial marketing, collateral entertainment and even political messaging.
Economic, political and health crises have paralyzed Lebanon but Biden can help untie the Gordian knot by compromising with Hezbollah.
For almost 18 months, Lebanon has been beset by a series of disjointed and severe crises: economic depression, street protests, the unstoppable coronavirus, and an explosion that damaged half of Beirut.
The 2020 presidential elections come at a time when the United States is juggling three epochal crises that will not only take center stage in the presidential race, but could possibly shape the future political debate altogether.