About this talk

Journalism, survival and the struggle to imagine Lebanon beyond crisis. Today, Lebanon is once again at a turning point, shaped by an accelerating regional conflict, a fragile cease-fire, tentative talks unfolding between Lebanon and Israel in Washington, Hezbollah's evolving role within the current balance of power, internal political paralysis, and a deepening economic crisis that continues to reshape daily life. What does Lebanon's current trajectory reveal about the wider geopolitical moment it is embedded in, and about the fragile space between war, negotiation, and containment in the region? Co-organised by L'Orient Today and the Frontline Club, this conversation looks at Lebanon as a central but unstable node within today's regional order. It examines a country where political tensions, security dynamics, and social fragmentation are unfolding in parallel, closely tied to broader regional developments and shifting lines of negotiation and confrontation. As Lebanon once again stands between an expanding war dynamic and an uncertain future, the panel also asks a broader question: how does a state navigate survival when its internal fractures are inseparable from the geopolitics around it?

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