A new Israel Security Doctrine of perpetual war and expanding buffers may undermine the economy, reserves, legitimacy, and long-term national survival.
Browsing: Lebanon
Lebanon’s Lebanon-Israel framework is not merely bad—it crosses from regrettable into intolerable, binding sovereignty to obligations the state cannot enforce.
Syria’s post-Assad position is now reshaping Gulf, U.S., and regional strategies, making stability a central test of influence.
Arab states no longer need Israel recognition to secure US ties; Washington now increasingly weighs narrower interests first.
Direct U.S.-Hezbollah contact faces resistance in Beirut, as Washington escalates pressure and Hezbollah weighs strategic guarantees before deciding.
Burke explains why Marxism and Islamism merged into revolutionary violence and why repression only postponed new waves of militancy.
Trump’s reward-first approach risks giving Beirut incentives without verified disarmament, leaving Hezbollah room to rebuild and obstruct lasting enforcement.
A fragile new trilateral framework tests Lebanese sovereignty, Israeli security, Hezbollah disarmament, and U.S. coordination through pilot zones.
Why Damascus and Hezbollah are choosing cold pragmatism over old wounds to avoid a regional explosion.
Scorched-earth tactics in southern Lebanon jeopardize Shiite trust, potentially prolonging the Hezbollah threat instead of eliminating it.