(Credit: Official Website of the Lebanese Ministry of Interior and Municipalities)
Unlike many countries where policing, intelligence and border security are concentrated under a limited number of institutions, Lebanon gradually built a fragmented security architecture. Lebanon has five main official security and military agencies. Some collect intelligence. Others police the streets. Several monitor borders. Investigating threats to state security is also handled separately. However, in many cases, the agencies’ mandates overlap.This institutional maze often leaves Lebanese wondering: Who actually does what? And why does a country of just over five million people need so many security agencies in the first place?Let’s break it down. Missed how they get appointed? Hacking Lebanese Politics #1: Why are state-level appointments such a mess? 1. Why does Lebanon have so many security agencies, and who does what?Over...
Unlike many countries where policing, intelligence and border security are concentrated under a limited number of institutions, Lebanon gradually built a fragmented security architecture. Lebanon has five main official security and military agencies. Some collect intelligence. Others police the streets. Several monitor borders. Investigating threats to state security is also handled separately. However, in many cases, the agencies’ mandates overlap.This institutional maze often leaves Lebanese wondering: Who actually does what? And why does a country of just over five million people need so many security agencies in the first place?Let’s break it down. Missed how they get appointed? Hacking Lebanese Politics #1: Why are state-level appointments such a mess? 1. Why does Lebanon have so many security agencies, and who does...
