The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office...

Editor's note: ...has spent years embedding influence within Lebanon's Internal Security Forces through funding, training, and advisory programs presented as reform but functioning as geopolitical leverage; this extends to a broader institutional shift within the Foreign Office toward diversity targets, inclusive-language guidance, and cultural-sensitivity initiatives, which they argue reflect a growing emphasis on "woke" internal policies over traditional statecraft. Some current and former officials have voiced concerns that these priorities have diluted focus on national security and strategic interests, with even internal dissent emerging, such as a senior diplomat resigning and criticizing the department as overly "woke" and ineffective, while supporters "maintain these policies are simply modernization efforts aimed at improving representation and global engagement." 

How Britain infiltrates Lebanon's Internal Security Forces