As Lebanon’s economy unravels, political instability in the deeply divided country is ratcheting ever upward. As the economic crisis deepens, with little to no credible attempts from Beirut to turn the situation around, the risk of revolution and civil war grows. The geopolitical impact of an increasingly unstable Lebanon on the Middle East is tremendous, with it having the potential to cause crude oil prices to spike. Crisis-riven Lebanon appears on the brink of collapse once again. The deeply divided Mediterranean country, which was engulfed by a sectarian civil war for 15 years from 1975 to 1990, finds itself caught in a profound economic crisis . As Lebanon’s economy unravels with power blackouts as well as shortages of gasoline, medicine and basic foodstuffs common place political instability in the deeply divided country is ratcheting ever upward. The economic implosion, described by the World Bank as one the most severe […]