Lebanese courting of Israel continues a pre-resistance history of sectarian collaboration predating Palestinian arrival and Hezbollah.
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Lebanon talks demand Hezbollah dismantlement while Israeli strikes erode state capacity to enforce it.
Iran war confirms regime resilience and Hormuz leverage but exposes critical US assumption failures.
Audience costs and political survival, not military logic, drive Netanyahu’s unachievable war in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel talks reassert state sovereignty but face Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm or comply.
Communal Shiite fear, not Tehran’s command, is regenerating the Axis of Resistance from below.
Incoherent strategic goals and the “credibility trap” of maximalist rhetoric threaten to transform tactical military victories into a long-term strategic failure.
Abu Dhabi’s offensive against Iranian financial networks provides a powerful new tool for U.S. sanctions to degrade Tehran’s regional proxy capabilities.
Washington hosts historic Israel-Lebanon talks to establish a “weapons-free” Beirut and a more rigorous, U.S.-led mechanism for disarming Hezbollah.
Iran’s newfound leverage over global shipping through the Strait of Hormuz complicates Trump’s efforts to secure a low-cost exit from the conflict.