An Israeli invasion could push an already unstable Lebanon over the edge into total state collapse

By Imad El-Anis, Associate Professor in International Relations, Nottingham Trent University

For the past year, many have feared that the war between Israel and Hamas will spill over into neighbouring countries and drag the Middle East into a devastating conflict. While there is still hope that the most dire predictions of regional turmoil will not come to pass, there can be no doubt that the war has now spread to Lebanon.

The main battlefront is shifting to southern Lebanon and northern Israel, and the main protagonists are Israel…

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