Declawing the "party of god" toward normalization in lebanon

World Policy Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 31-42

  Simon, Steven N ^a   Stevenson, Jonathan ^a  

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EID: 0035613931     PISSN: 07402775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/07402775-2001-3008     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. See IISS, The Military Balance 2000/2001 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 146.
2. See, for example, Susan Sachs, "Helping Hand of Hezbollah Emerging in South Lebanon," Nw York Times, May 30, 2000;
3. "Lebanon Hizbollah's Metamorphosis," Mideast Mirror, September 6, 2000.
4. Deborah Sontag, "Israeli Airstrike Deep into Lebanon Unsettles Arabs," New York Times, April 17, 2001.
5. "Hizbullah Head: We Will End Israeli Border Aggression," Jerusalem Post (Internet edition), May 25, 2001.
6. Susan Sevareid, "Hezbollah Chief Says Guerrillas Will Not Disarm as Border Tension Declines," Associated Press, May 29, 2000.
7. Keith Richburg, "Guerrillas Strike Israeli Convoy," Washington Post, February 17, 2001.
8. IISS, Military Balance 2000/2001, pp. 145-46, 298.
9. Gil Hoffman and Janine Zacharia, "Sharon: Lebanon Pullout Led to Intifada," Jerusalem Post, January 25, 2001.
10. See Thomas L. Friedman, "Empty Deeds, Ugly Words," New York Times, May 11, 2001.
11. Ciaran Giles, "Syrian President Expresses Little Hope for Deal with Israel's Sharon," Associated Press, May 3, 2001; Hamza Hendawi, "Syria Said Not Afraid of War, Never to Abandon Hezbollah," Associated Press, May 11, 2001.
12. Ciaran Giles, "Syrian President Expresses Little Hope for Deal with Israel's Sharon," Associated Press, May 3, 2001; Hamza Hendawi, "Syria Said Not Afraid of War, Never to Abandon Hezbollah," Associated Press, May 11, 2001.
13. See "Israeli Threats Forced Assad to Quit Egypt, Syrian Sources Say," Ha'aretz, May 18, 2001; Geoffrey Aronson, "America's Tense Ties With Syria," Boston Globe, February 26, 2001.
14. See "Israeli Threats Forced Assad to Quit Egypt, Syrian Sources Say," Ha'aretz, May 18, 2001; Geoffrey Aronson, "America's Tense Ties With Syria," Boston Globe, February 26, 2001.
15. See Hugh Delios, "For Lebanese, Syrians Are Long Overdue to Leave," Chicago Tribune, April 19, 2000.
16. See IISS, "Syria's Presence in Lebanon," Strategic Comments, vol. 7 (January 2001); IISS, "Syria: Continuity and Change," Strategic Survey 2000/2001 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 159-60.
17. See IISS, "Syria's Presence in Lebanon," Strategic Comments, vol. 7 (January 2001); IISS, "Syria: Continuity and Change," Strategic Survey 2000/2001 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 159-60.
18. "The Man in the Middle," Newsweek (international edition), May 7, 2001, p. 43.
19. See, for example, "For Beirut, Hezbollah Is Becoming a Liability," Ha'aretz, April 16, 2001; Sam F. Ghattas, "War or Development: Lebanese Look to Country's Future Direction," Associated Press, May 5, 2001.
20. See, for example, "For Beirut, Hezbollah Is Becoming a Liability," Ha'aretz, April 16, 2001; Sam F. Ghattas, "War or Development: Lebanese Look to Country's Future Direction," Associated Press, May 5, 2001.
21. Al-Nahar, March 15, 2001.
22. Gareth Smyth, "Lebanon: Time's Up," Arabies Trends, April 1, 2001.
23. See IISS, "Dimming Prospects in Northern Ireland," Strategic Survey 1999/2000 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp. 147-48.
24. For a typical appraisal, see "A Giant Step Forward," Irish Times, June 27, 2000.
25. See Lionel Shriver, "Bite the Bullet," Wall Street Journal Europe, May 19, 2000, p. 10; Jonathan Stevenson, "Irreversible Peace in Northern Ireland?" Survival, vol. 42 (autumn 2000), pp. 8-9.
26. See Lionel Shriver, "Bite the Bullet," Wall Street Journal Europe, May 19, 2000, p. 10; Jonathan Stevenson, "Irreversible Peace in Northern Ireland?" Survival, vol. 42 (autumn 2000), pp. 8-9.
27. IISS, Military Balance 2000/2001, p. 146. See also Mark Lavie, "Lebanese Guerrillas Have Long-range Rockets: Israeli General," Associated Press, September 4, 2000; David Rudge, "Hizbullah Deploying Katyushas, Mortars," Jerusalem Post, November 1,2000.
28. IISS, Military Balance 2000/2001, p. 146. See also Mark Lavie, "Lebanese Guerrillas Have Long-range Rockets: Israeli General," Associated Press, September 4, 2000; David Rudge, "Hizbullah Deploying Katyushas, Mortars," Jerusalem Post, November 1,2000.
29. IISS, Military Balance 2000/2001, p. 146. See also Mark Lavie, "Lebanese Guerrillas Have Long-range Rockets: Israeli General," Associated Press, September 4, 2000; David Rudge, "Hizbullah Deploying Katyushas, Mortars," Jerusalem Post, November 1,2000.
30. On Syria's subtle interest in a successful Taif process in the wider Arab context, see Michael C. Hudson, "Domestic Context and Perspectives," in International Organizations and Ethnic Conflict, ed. Milton J. Esman and Shibley Telhami (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995), p. 145.
31. Of course, Hizbullah's "normalization" also carries the risk of opening it to political competition from less coercive groups. But the fact remains that to endure as a force in peace-time Lebanese politics, Hizbullah has to deliver material economic benefits. See Eyal Zisser, "Hizballah: New Course or Continued Warfare," Middle East Review of International Affairs, vol. 4, (September 2000).
32. See Joshua Hammer, "At the Heart of the Matter," Newsweek (international edition), May 28, 2001, pp. 44-45.
33. "EU/Mediterranean States: Member States Show Their Commitment to Closer Relations," European Report, June 1, 2000.
34. "EU/Mediterranean States: Commission Puts Forward Raft of Measures to Reinvigorate Euro-Med Partnership," European Report, September 9, 2000, p. 208.