Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East

It was never the intent of the U.S. foreign policy makers to be indirectly responsible for the power vacuum left in Lebanon; however, it is undeniably the result of the over exaggerated paranoia of communism during the cold war era that led to crucial foreign policy...

The Nixon Doctrine and Israel

The primary driving force of American foreign policy leading up to the Crisis in Lebanon during the 1970s was the Nixon Doctrine which came as a direct result of the failure of the Eisenhower Doctrine which no longer became a valid means of safeguarding democracy and...

Soviet influence in Middle East

The cold war analysts in the presidential administrations were not influenced by a complete fantasy, there was limited and indirect Soviet influence in the Middle East and in Lebanon during both of the crises. However, the Soviet Union for the most part was the...

United States support during the Iran Iraq war

The heightened paranoia of communism by the American foreign policy makers, and the exploitation of the fear by regional powers, had established the foundations for the intervention of the regional powers in the Lebanese civil war. However, it was the consequences of...
Water Taxi Beirut

Water Taxi Beirut

Beirut Water Taxi Due to the Traffic problems in Beirut and the issues related to this basic dilemma in the lives of citizens daily; A new project was put in place to help solve this problem. The project is known as Water Taxi Beirut. The project uses the marine...