Lebanon Amid Austerity: How Can The Lebanese Armed Forces Face Immense Defense Budget Cuts?

Abstract

Lebanon is currently passing through one of its worst economic crises and the government has adopted an austerity policy that affected various sectors of the country, especially the military sector as enormous cuts in the defensive budget were implemented. The European countries faced the same problem after the 2008 world economic crisis, and their military institutions had to carryout vital actions to adopt to the budget cuts. Similarly, there are certain procedures that the Lebanese Armed Forces can put in effect in order to reduce its expenditures without risking the loss of the ability to carryout the overloaded missions tasked to it by the government.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2021
Accession Number
AD1177981

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  • Rashad Fayad

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  • Marine Corps University

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