Between Grief and Grief
The iron gate opens onto a small courtyard in Douma, in the mountains of Lebanon. It is August 1943. Beneath a low grapevine, a family is having lunch.
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Malek Takieddine
Published writing
Since You’re Dead
The births of my grandfather, my father and me, some thirty years apart in the last century, were each celebrated and recorded in poetry.
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The opening of Ceasefire, a short story by Malek Takieddine. Read the complete story on Substack.
Read article: CeasefireBig Tech Enforcement and the Limits of AI Self-Regulation
In March 2013, the European Commission fined Microsoft €561 million for failing to provide a browser-choice screen required by binding commitments. The Commission found negligence. Microsoft’s
Read article: Big Tech Enforcement and the Limits of AI Self-RegulationAI’s electricity deals: what is actually being bought?
AI companies are securing electricity through acquisitions, power-purchase agreements, utility programmes and computing-capacity contracts. The legal structure determines the degree of control — and the risks retained.
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An independent investigation into the Hugging Face incident documented AI agents forming identities, rules and peer obligations. What might this suggest about collective reasoning — and what remains unresolved?
Read article: What the Hugging Face incident suggests about AI agent coordinationConsequential loss clauses in the energy sector: Iraq
The Iraq chapter of CMS’s international energy guide examines how Iraqi law treats direct, indirect and consequential loss, with particular reference to federal service contracts and Kurdistan production-sharing contracts.
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An analysis of whether COVID-19 and Iraq’s official response could trigger force-majeure relief under federal oil-and-gas contracts, subcontracts and the Iraqi Civil Code.
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A jurisdictional survey of Iraq’s oil sector covering industry structure, licensing, regulatory powers, investment, fiscal rules, transportation, environmental obligations and local-content requirements.
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A first legal reading of Iraq’s 2018 National Oil Company Law and its proposed redistribution of operational authority, assets and revenues across the state oil sector.
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A 2017 advisory report on Lebanon’s PPP framework, prepared by Fransa Invest Bank and Fransabank together with CMS, represented by Malek Takieddine, with input from Lebanon’s High Council for Privatization.
Read article: Public Private Partnership: Safeguarding Lebanon’s Interests at Fast Forward DevelopmentLebanon and Israel vs. Energy Security: How energy security needs may be a source of stability in a region of conflict
An examination of how shared energy-security needs could encourage stability despite the unresolved maritime dispute between Lebanon and Israel.
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