Human Security: Localised Insights from Baalbek

This policy brief presents the preliminary findings from field research conducted by the Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies in Baalbek, Lebanon. The brief explores the relationship between human security programming, state-centric security policies, and PVE efforts there. It discusses interesting factors like the drug trade in area, the role of clientalism, and how these affect this triangular relationship.

This brief is part of the regional project “Towards More Effective Human Security Approaches in the Context of the Emerging Threat of Violent Extremism in Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia.” Findings from the four briefs previously published on Jordan, and forthcoming ones from Lebanon and Tunisia will feed into analytical research papers, which will be published later this year. Over the coming months, the WANA Institute will publish the remaining policy briefs on the field work conducted in Tunisia and Lebanon.