Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
The POMED Wire


Fragile Consensus

July 24th, 2008 by Sarah

Stacey Philbrick Yadav at Middle East Report Online reviews the political landscape in Lebanon and argues that “threats of non-participation have been intended less to stymie the formation of a cabinet, or to splinter the fragile majority-opposition ‘consensus,’ than to secure intra-bloc advantages.”  Ultimately, Yadav predicts that “the more likely scenario is that the Doha agreement is destined for partial implementation.”

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