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The Stability‐Instability Paradox and the Evolving Balance of Terror in the Middle East

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 4, Winter 2026.
Abstract In launching its war on Iran, Washington has committed a grave mistake by allowing a weakened Islamic Republic to reconstitute a regional balance of terror. This article shows how the Cold War‐era stability‐instability paradox has been restored in a new form, creating an equilibrium that discourages open warfare while reducing the advantages ...
Thomas Juneau
wiley   +1 more source

Hezbollah’s Man in Egypt

open access: yesPerspectives on Terrorism, 2014
In November 2008, Egyptian authorities broke up what they said was a Hezbollah network plotting attacks in Egypt. While some of the charges appear to have been exaggerated, and it is clear that not all those arrested were in fact Hezbollah operatives, a ...
Matthew Levitt
doaj  

Dış Aktörlerin Rekabetinin Gölgesinde Lübnan: Saad Hariri’nin İstifa Süreci

open access: yesTürkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2018
Bu makale, Lübnanlı aktörlerin siyaset yapımında bölgesel ve küresel aktörlerin etkisini incelemektedir. Bu bağlamda, İran ve Suudi Arabistan’ın bölgesel rekabetinin yansıması olarak Cumhurbaşkanlığı krizi ve Saad Hariri’nin başbakanlıktan istifası ...
Talha İsmail Duman
doaj   +1 more source

Entrapping the Hegemon: How Benjamin Netanyahu's Threat Rhetoric Drives US Military Escalation

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT How do materially weaker junior allies influence a hegemon's military posture? Existing theories rely on unobservable covert diplomacy, leaving alliance entrapment methodologically unresolved. This research note introduces a mixed‐methods framework, integrating computational text analysis, time‐series forecasting, and qualitative process ...
Bülent Aras
wiley   +1 more source

Political integration of Hezbollah into Lebanese politics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Hezbollah has proven itself to be a resilient, relevant, military and political force within Lebanon as well as across the Middle Eastern region.
Esposito, Thomas G.
core   +2 more sources

Between Two Worlds: Cultural Bereavement, Intersubjective Memory and the Politics of Identity in the Lebanese American Immigrant Experience

open access: yesJournal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on oral history interviews conducted in 2025 with Lebanese and Arab American immigrants and their descendants, archived at the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies (GR0020, NC State University), to develop a cultural‐psychological framework for understanding the psychic dimensions of migration without ...
Anastasia Christou
wiley   +1 more source

Hezbollah - A Unique Social Movement? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Whilst we acknowledge that Hezbollah is considered by some as a social movement, there is a distinct shortage of literature that tries to describe it as such using social movement theory. We discuss that Resource Mobilisation Theory would be an effective
Britton, Michael, Mikkelsen, Morten
core  

Hezbollah’s Organized Criminal Enterprises in Europe

open access: yesPerspectives on Terrorism, 2013
Hezbollah plots in Europe over the past year exposed a return to violent operations being conducted by the Iranian supported Lebanese Shi’ite group.
Matthew Levitt
doaj  

First Psychological Aid for Families During War: Integrating the Narrative Approach With Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

open access: yesFamily Process, Volume 65, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The article describes a first psychological support project for families living in the seam zone between Israel and areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Since October 7th, the proximity to the border and potential of terrorist infiltration into communities have generated heightened anxiety among residents, alongside concern for ...
Michal Shamai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Signs of Statehood of Hamas, Hezbollah and ISIS: Historiographical Review

open access: yesНаучный диалог, 2019
The article is a historiographical study devoted to the analysis of the signs of statehood of such actors of the Middle East policy as Hamas, Hezbollah and ISIS.
V. M. Morozov
doaj   +1 more source

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