6 Key Steps for Targeted US Diplomacy to Stabilize Lebanon and Advance US Foreign Policy

Lebanon is moving rapidly toward total state failure. A full collapse would take weeks to unfold but decades to repair. It would likely lead to a resurgence of ISIS and al-Qaeda, a stream of Lebanese and Syrian refugees headed to Europe, and a further expansion of Hezbollah’s sway in the country. The United States has the interest, and capacity, to lead an urgent international diplomatic initiative to pull Lebanon back from the brink.