There has rarely been a dull period in Lebanon’s post-Ottoman political history.
Its central geographic, if not political, position within the Arab region,
along with its penetrable political system, has made the country vulnerable to
regional and international pressures. These pressures have manifested themselves
in both spectacular (e.g., the civil war and Israeli occupation) and more
subtle ways (e.g., the sustained brain drain and continued socioeconomic deprivation
of rural communities).
Source: American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences