Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold their next round of US-brokered talks on August 4 in Italy.

WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because a bankrupt Lebanon with a collapsed banking system and a Hezbollah refusing to disarm sits one Israeli strike away from renewed war, and its implosion would send another refugee wave and hand Iran a foothold on Israel's border.

Part of the monitored dynamic Lebanon Stability Crisis · VUCA INDEX 61/100