Lebanon: a fate beyond its control? (Open Security)

With violence in Syria making the headlines, Zahbia Yousuf and Marie-Joelle Zahar examine to what extent Lebanon can be responsible for its own fate, plus who's working to build peace, and how.

The account of Lebanon’s fragile politics as controlled from without, therefore, masks the reality of a state that is fragile and weak by design from within; the country is unable to ‘resist’ spillover from its neighbours as sectarian groups pursue particular goals to ensure they maintain their own strength and autonomy.

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This article was originally published on openSecurity, a section of openDemocracy.