The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape
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Robert G RabilRobert G Rabil is assistant professor of middle-east politics and director of graduate studies in the political-science department at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Embattled Neighbors: Syria, Israel and Lebanon (Lynne Rienner, 2003) and Syria, United States and the War on Terror in the Middle East (Praeger, 2006). Recent articlesHizbollah and Lebanon: the curse of a state Lebanon has won a breathing-space. But the country's enduring political and military crisis is also that of the Islamist movement that appears to have won the latest round, says Robert G Rabil. (This article was first published on 21 May 2008) Lebanon divided
Syrian influence across Lebanon's porous borders is intensifying the country's security and political crisis, says Robert G Rabil. Lebanon, Syria, Iran: lessons of Sharm el-SheikhIran is up, Syria down, and Lebanon in trouble: Robert G Rabil assesses a new configuration in regional politics. |
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