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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. He is the author of Embattled Neighbors: Syria, Israel and Lebanon (Lynne Rienner, 2003) and Syria, United States and the War on Terror in the Middle East (Praeger, 2006).

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Hizbollah and Lebanon: the curse of a state

Lebanon has won a breathing-space. But the country's enduring political and military crisis is also that of the Islamist movement that appears to have won the latest round, says Robert G Rabil.

(This article was first published on 21 May 2008)

Lebanon divided

Syrian influence across Lebanon's porous borders is intensifying the country's security and political crisis, says Robert G Rabil.

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.