Lebanon 2020: From “The Pearl of the Orient” to failed state?
Lebanon 2020: From “The Pearl of the Orient” to failed state?
Author(s): Corneliu Pivariu
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Economic policy, Security and defense
Published by: IFIMES - International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies
Keywords: Lebanon; 2020; explosion in Port of Beirut; politics; security; evaluation;
Summary/Abstract: Before the explosion of the Port of Beirut (the biggest one in an urban area in the last decades), on August 4, 2020, the situation in Lebanon was circumscribed to the regional focus only while the disaster caused by the blast (around 200 dead, more than 6,000 wounded and damages estimated to 11/15 billion-dollar) brought again the small country of the cedars to the international focus as it happens in fact with any other country where an event of such proportions takes place. Yet Lebanon is in a peculiar situation since the developments in this country represent, as I presented on numerous occasions, a signal concerning possible future evolutions in the Middle East and even in a more extended area.
Series: IFIMES Research Papers
- Page Count: 8
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
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