Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon

The wave of popular uprisings that swept across the Arab world starting in December 2010 rattled regimes from Morocco to Oman. However, Lebanon''s sectarian system proved immune to the domestic and regional pressures unleashed by the Arab Spring. How can this be explained? How has the country''s political elite dealt with challenges to the system? And, finally, what lessons can other Arab states d...