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About Robert G Rabil

Robert G Rabil is assistant professor of middle-east politics and director of graduate studies in the political-science department at Florida Atlantic University.

Articles by Robert G Rabil

Tuesday 9th March

Hizbollah vs Israel: the coming clash

A shifting balance of calculation in the middle east makes Lebanon’s Hizbollah movement more confident in its strategy of “deterrence-by-terror” vis-à-vis Israel, says Robert G Rabil
Friday 5th June

Lebanon at the crossroads

The national election of June 2009 finds Lebanon caught between fragmentation and coexistence
Wednesday 3rd June

Barack Obama's middle east: pragmatism and hope

The US president's Cairo speech will be a measure of the prospects for a new peace process
Thursday 22nd May

Hizbollah and Lebanon: the curse of a state

Lebanon has won a breathing-space, but its crisis of arms leaves national wounds unhealed
Tuesday 7th August

Lebanon divided

Syrian influence across Lebanon's porous borders is intensifying the country's divisions
Thursday 10th May

Lebanon, Syria, Iran: lessons of Sharm el-Sheikh

Iran is up, Syria down, and Lebanon in trouble: Robert G Rabil assesses a new configuration in regional politics.
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