A deeply divided Lebanon must build stronger institutions in adverse conditions.
![Though Lebanon is bound to be affected by the regional setting, it has the agency to craft its own political system, writes Fakhoury [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201422044353617734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Tamirace Fakhoury is assistant Professor of Political Sciences, at the Lebanese American University and a lecturer at GSP at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Global Migration Policy associate at GMPA, Geneva.
A deeply divided Lebanon must build stronger institutions in adverse conditions.
![Though Lebanon is bound to be affected by the regional setting, it has the agency to craft its own political system, writes Fakhoury [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201422044353617734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)