The Lebanon War One Year Later
If the EU's mission in Lebanon is to succeed, the EU cannot afford to participate in America’s emerging “containment” strategy vis-à-vis Iran, which is based on organizing Sunni states’ resistance to Shi’a influence. On the contrary, the EU must promote a social agenda that appeals to what the Shi'a want and need most.
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LONDON -- It is now almost one year since the European Union committed to stabilize Lebanon following last summer’s war. With its decision to send thousands of soldiers to Lebanon to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, the EU took its boldest step yet in creating a common foreign and security policy. But it remains an open question as to whether the EU will actually be able to stabilize the most fractured polity in the most dangerous area of conflict in Europe’s immediate neighborhood.