لبنان

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.

Through Moscow meetings and public statements, Israeli officials have made clear that Iranian weapons facilities in Lebanon are a game changer, so escalation is quite possible if Tehran ignores their warnings.

As British officials consider how to designate Hezbollah's supposed 'wings,' they should take the group's own words to heart.

Institute experts Patrick Clawson, Hanin Ghaddar, and Nader Uskowi discuss Iran's growing influence from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean and beyond.

The group's efforts to increase recruitment in certain areas of Lebanon have helped it continue the fight in Syria, but they could cause internal fissures down the road.