Distorted State: How Hezbollah Survived, And What It Means For Lebanon
Thought to be shattered, Hezbollah’s return to the battlefield is challenging assumptions about the war, and reshaping Lebanon’s balance of power.

Thought to be shattered, Hezbollah’s return to the battlefield is challenging assumptions about the war, and reshaping Lebanon’s balance of power.

Hezbollah has dragged Lebanon into a war it cannot control—leaving the state to rebuild leverage from weakness.

As the Lebanese state seeks a monopoly on arms, it risks trading one master for another

A pragmatic framework to unify national defense and security under Lebanese state control.

For a ceasefire to happen, Hezbollah, the US and Israel need to return to Resolution 1701.