لبنان

A veteran Lebanese journalist discusses achievements by Iran and its chief proxy over seven years of war, and how U.S. countermeasures could still help restore stability and deter jihadism in Syria.

As authorities consider correcting a past mistake and designating the group in its entirety, long-held assumptions about its European activities must be put to rest.

Far from simply replaying the 2006 Lebanon war, the next conflict on Israel’s northern frontier will likely involve many more actors on multiple fronts, raising unprecedented challenges for escalation management.

Hezbollah is an organic part of the IRGC-QF, so its purported desire to distance itself from Iran would only mean its end.

Hezbollah has made further strides toward remaking state institutions in its image, but the international community can still slow the group's momentum by pressuring its domestic political enablers.

The group has essentially guaranteed itself a victory by coopting opponents and shuffling electoral districts, but the West can still contain the damage by pressing Beirut on economic reforms.

While a desire to protect the nuclear deal had some effect on the Obama administration's posture toward the group, interagency coordination problems were a much bigger factor.

For many Lebanese Shia, blindly accepting the group's narrative may be less emotionally wrenching than questioning whether a youth's death was worth the pain.

در تاریخ ۲ فوریه، حنین غدار و فیلیپ اسمیث در مجمع سیاستگذاری موسسه واشنگتن به سخنرانی پرداختند. غدار، پژوهشگر مهمان درموسسه واشنگتن، روزنامه نگار و محقق باسابقه لبنانی است. اسمیث عضو ارشد این انستیتو و محقق دانشگاه مریلند است. این نشست به مناسبت انتشار گزارش جدید این موسسه، «لژیون خارجی ایران: تاثیر شبه نظامیان شیعه بر سیاست خارجی آمریکا»، به قلم غدار، برگزار گردید. آنچه در پی می آید، خلاصه سخنرانی های شان است.