1) Search for current news on Lebanon and Belarus: what is happening and why? Background, historical context and current situation

2)  Check 

- Fragile states index-statistics
- democracy index
- transparency index

concerning the countries

3) Try to give us explanations on the development of both of the countries

4) Get familiar with a) Modernization theory b) Dependency Theory and create claims and counterclaims for and against

4) Try to apply those theories to the development of Lebanon and Belarus

5) Produce couple of slides on your case study!