The wars of my youth
August 5, 2025Photo taken in 1976, when I was a member of the “Guardians of the Cedars” in Lebanon —————————————————————————————————————————————- Testimony from a reader received yesterday: Mr. Michel Santi, I would like to warmly congratulate you on your book, which I recently had the pleasure of reading. I was deeply moved by the richness of your memories,…
The wars of the Middle East
July 24, 2024“Towards the complicated East, I flew with simple ideas”, Charles de Gaulle.
Good news: the Middle East is aging
November 30, 2023In 2021, researchers Hannes Weber and Richard Cincotta theorized that countries with a median age of 25 or younger among their citizens are more prone to revolutions. Previous studies had already established a correlation between a young demographic and a higher risk of war or political violence. Data from the 1990s revealed that countries where…