The threats emanating from the Middle East are diverse: regional conflicts, totalitarian religious ideologies (mainly led by Shia Iran and Wahhabi Saudi Arabia), terrorism, nuclear armament programs, obstacles to modernization, and unstable regimes. All of these affect Lebanon, and are aggravated by the country’s own peculiar socio-political dynamics – i.e., its Maronite, Sunni, and Shia divisions.
来自中东的危险多种多样，包括地区冲突、专制的宗教意识形态(主要由什叶派的伊朗和瓦哈比的沙特领导)、恐怖主义、核军备规划、对现代化的阻碍以及政权不稳。所有这些都影响黎巴嫩，而且该国自身特殊的社会政治格局，也就是其马龙派、逊尼派以及什叶派的分裂也使得局势雪上加霜。