Somdeep Sen

Somdeep Sen is a PhD Fellow at the University of Copenhagen specializing in the relationship between civil and military functions of armed non-state actors, with a specific focus on Hezbollah and Hamas.

Summer fun Hamas-style

We are not allowed to have a vision. People here think short-term and are concerned with their immediate needs because we don’t know what destiny looms in the future.

By Somdeep Sen

/ 12 Jul 2013

The Spanish dilemma: a blessing in disguise?

Spain’s crisis is not one of public debt per se. It is of private debt being transformed into a national burden.

By Somdeep Sen

/ 18 Aug 2012

Lebanon: The 'Lee-Side' of the Arab Spring

Lebanon’s sectarian political system is a well-founded reason to start a revolution, as those from the Arab Spring, but their lack of national collectivity and common identity is an obstacle to unity.

By Somdeep Sen

/ 15 Nov 2011