War in the Middle East has put Lebanon on the brink of economic disaster
- Written by John Nagle, Professor in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast

The recent return of violence to Lebanon derails hope that the worst of the crises that have plagued the country over the past four years have been left behind.
After a spiral of hyperinflation, debt default and crumbling public services, modest signs of economic recovery from one of the “most severe crisis episodes...