Civil War Relapse?: Hezbollah & Sectarianism in Post-War Lebanon
Hezbollah has demonstrated itself to be the greatest threat to the stability of post-war Lebanon. It acts outside state control and holds the populace hostage to its demands.
Iraq’s Institutional Internet Use
How are Iraq’s legislative, executive, and political parties adapting to cyberspace, and exploiting its potential for informational transparency and bottom-up communication?
The 1982 Lebanon War was Israel’s Vietnam
Due to factors like nation size, proximity of threats, and regional instability, the legacy of Lebanon for Israel was perhaps more profound than the Vietnam legacy was for the US.
Transcending the Security Dilemma in International Relations
The Chicken game theory is not only applicable to the strategies of current global actors. It forms an explanatory framework for all strategic interactions between any two actors.
The Arab-Israeli Case: National Interests and the Limits of UN Capabilities
It is possible to observe that the US has sufficient strategic reasons to block the creation of a Palestinian State in order to not jeopardize its security strategies.
The Differences Between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda
The mainstream media and the Bush Administration blended the Taliban and Al-Qaeda together making the two groups the same terrorist entity in the eyes of the American public.
The Iraq War and the Utility of Force
The U.S, throughout the invasion and occupation of Iraq, exhibited an overreliance on force, to the exclusion of more appropriate forms of soft power, including the promotion of democracy among the Iraqi population.
Iraq and the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections
Should Iraq erupt into sectarian violence or take an anti-American stance, particularly should engagement with Iran become inevitable, it will have negative consequences for Obama during the election.
The Middle East and Oil: Economic Modernisation and Political Stagnation
Oil has led to economic modernization and prosperity in the Middle East while creating weak states, autonomous from societal demands and political accountability.
An Assessment of the Phenomenon of Global Jihad
Salafism is the belief that over centuries of Islamic practice, certain Muslims have introduced new practices and innovations that have distorted the message of Islam and the Prophet.
