Lebanon is facing multiple challenges primarily coming in form of financial and economic depression and political deadlock, that further give birth to other societal and security challenges while enforcing each other. Especially the depression, according to World Bank, can be ranked among the top three most severe crisis episodes globally since the mid-nineteenth century.

Against this backdrop, Beyond the Horizon International Strategic Studies Group will host a webinar to explore the dire situation in the fragile country and its repercussions on the region and Europe. More, precisely, the discussion will be along four axes:

1. The political deadlock and prospects for a solution soon,
2. The size of the economic and financial crisis and repercussions on the Lebanese societal and political landscape,
3. National and regional security and irregular outbound migration, and finally
4. The repercussions of the crises in Lebanon to the region and Europe.

The webinar will feature Brigadier General (ret.) Maroun Hitti, former “Special Defense and Military Advisor” to the President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon; Mr. Obada Al-Ladan, economist and senior producer in the business desk at Dubai -based Al Arabiya; Mr. Ibrahim Jouhari, a senior political analyst and electoral expert based in Lebanon. Onur Sultan, senior research fellow at Beyond the Horizon will moderate the discussion.