FOURTH HILL DIGITAL // COUNTRY DOSSIER: LEBANON (LBN)

[STATUS: ONLINE / NOMINAL] [CENTROID LAT: 33.8547, LON: 35.8623] [GLOBAL AFFINITY: -4.54] [TIMESTAMP: 2026-08-21T20:15:02.9373095Z]

[01] STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE & REGIONAL VECTOR MAP

[02] NEIGHBOR & REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS MATRIX

365D AFFINITY SCORE METHODOLOGY

Score scale ranges from -10.00 (intense conflict, hostilities, sanctions) to +10.00 (formal strategic alliance, treaty integration). Baseline neutral is 0.00. Scores represent a weighted non-linear composite index balanced across 3 primary data vectors: 1) GDELT GKG v2.0 high-frequency news tone & event sentiment (40% weight - captures immediate 365-day media baseline), 2) UN General Assembly (UNGA) roll-call voting correlation matrices (35% weight - captures structural geopolitical & diplomatic alignment), and 3) UN Comtrade bilateral commodity trade volume & interdependence (25% weight - captures economic integration). A score of +2.00 reflects routine baseline alignment, while +4.00+ signifies high strategic cohesion.

30D TRAJECTORY DELTA METHODOLOGY

Measures short-term percentage shift in bilateral sentiment over the last 30 days relative to the 365-day moving average baseline. Positive percentages (▲ +%) signify accelerating convergence or improving diplomatic tone. Negative percentages (▼ -%) indicate growing structural friction or cooling relation. Derived from high-frequency GDELT 30-day news tone telemetry.

PARTNER / NEIGHBOR 365D AFFINITY SCORE 30D TRAJECTORY DELTA PRIMARY DOMAIN DYADIC LINK
SYR [==========..........] +0.00 ▲ +0.00% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: LBN-SYR] →
ISR [....................] -10.72 ▼ -0.49% BorderSecurityAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: ISR-LBN] →
DEU [....................] -17.08 ▼ -1.11% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: DEU-LBN] →
USA [=======.............] -3.06 ▼ -0.05% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: LBN-USA] →
IRN [===.................] -7.36 ▲ +0.23% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: IRN-LBN] →
AUS [....................] -16.69 ▲ +0.00% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: AUS-LBN] →
ITA [===.................] -6.71 ▼ -0.30% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: ITA-LBN] →
FRA [===.................] -6.62 ▲ +0.00% DiplomaticAndTrade [VIEW DYAD: FRA-LBN] →

[03] NATIONAL TRADE & COMMODITY FLOW SUMMARY

ANNUAL EXPORTS
$141.00 B USD
Outbound Goods & Services
ANNUAL IMPORTS
$46.00 B USD
Inbound Goods & Services
NET TRADE BALANCE
+$95.00 B USD
Net Trade Surplus
TRADE OPENNESS RATIO
37.7%
Total Trade % of GDP

Major Export Commodities

  • [EXPORT] Agricultural Products & Cereals
  • [EXPORT] Mineral Ores & Concentrates
  • [EXPORT] Energy & Raw Materials
  • [EXPORT] Manufactured Goods

Major Import Commodities

  • [IMPORT] Machinery & Industrial Equipment
  • [IMPORT] Refined Fuels & Energy
  • [IMPORT] Transport Vehicles & Parts
  • [IMPORT] Electronic Appliances

Top 5 Primary Trade Partners

Data Provenance: World Bank REST API / UN Comtrade HS Data

[04] DATA SOURCE ATTRIBUTION & SYSTEM PROVENANCE

GDELT Global Knowledge Graph (GKG v2.0)

Real-time news monitoring & CAMEO geopolitical event sentiment telemetry.

UN General Assembly Voting Correlation Matrix

State Voting Alignment Database for formal diplomatic voting cohesion score.

UN Comtrade & World Bank Open Data

National commodity vectors, GDP macro indicators & bilateral trade flow metrics.