Libano Hezbollah e Siria: tre volumi per approfondire

Lebanon, Dual Legitimacy, and the Syrian Crisis, by P.Seeberg As the political crisis in Lebanon continues, the level of consensus among the rival politicians in Lebanon concerning the upcoming election is at a very low point. At the same time, the political unrest resulting from deep national divisions over the ongoing war in neighboring Syria have became more tense. There is hardly any doubt that both sides in Lebanon - Hezbollah as well as the Future Movement alliance - are sending fighte rs and weapons into Syria, raising fears in Lebanon that the conflicts will produce a spillover. • Hezbollah's New and Old Wars: From Ideological Struggle to Fight for Survival?, by F.Dionigi Hezbollah has seen the fronts of its struggle multiply over the last two years. It is both engaged militarily on the Syrian front and is dealing with a domestic situation in which it faces unprecedented attacks. Furthermore, its international reputation is increasingly challenged. The EU has recently added the military wing of Hezbollah to its terrorist blacklist, and the Special Tribunal for Leba non has added a fifth Hezbollah member to its list of indicted persons. Whatever its outcome, the Syrian crisis will not leave Hezbollah unchanged. • How the West should Stop Crippling the Syrian Opposition, by J-P.Filiu Since its start in March 2011, the Syrian revolution has presented a challenge to classical interpretations of political protest and conventional attitudes toward armed insurgencies. The markedly grassroots nature of this popular uprising has made the quest for a monolithic leadership elusive. In addition, the various underground groups that make up the opposition have nurtured complex dialectics with exiled militants. This difficulty has translated into an inability by the West to gi ve the rebellion any significant help. In fact, the West ahs done it more harm than good.

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