Hezbollah

A Regional Armed Non-State Actor

Hadi Wahab

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English

Routledge
29 January 2024

Regional studies; Political parties; International relations

Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

This book examines Hezbollah’s transition from a domestic into a regional armed non-state actor (ANSA). Taking its point of departure in Hezbollah’s historiography on the military and political levels in Lebanon, it focuses on the participation of Hezbollah’s troops in Syria’s sect-coded civil war.

Initially limited, Hezbollah’s intervention in the Syrian conflict gradually increased into a full-scale engagement across vast swathes of Syrian territory, with Hezbollah instrumentalizing its sectarian (Shiʿa) identity to justify its engagement. Sect-centric narratives and victimhood were a mere tool for what was a geopolitical confrontation, and Hezbollah’s involvement launched it to becoming a regional ANSA. The book outlines that this transition was only plausible because of the interplay between three factors: Hezbollah’s sectarian mobilization and instrumentalization of its sectarian identity; the shift into a quasi-army combining classical with guerrilla tactics and formations; and its embedding as a partner in the axis which now extends from Beirut to Tehran. It was in 2018 that a set of conditions, impossible to reproduce, allowed Hezbollah to reach its culmination on both the domestic and regional theatres. This book shows that ANSAs are playing prominent roles in the regional order in the Middle East.

Meticulously researched, Hezbollah is a comprehensive study ideal for upper-level undergraduates and above with an interest in Middle East studies, Middle East politics, and international relations.

By: Hadi Wahab
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032215280
ISBN 10: 1032215283
Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hadi Wahab is a Middle East Researcher with a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter. He has previously published two articles about sectarian identity and relations amongst the Druze in Lebanon and Syria and their response to religious terrorism and one article about Hezbollah’s top-down instrumentalization of sectarian identity and its its role in Syria’s sect-coded conflict.

Reviews for Hezbollah: A Regional Armed Non-State Actor

An instructive and engaging study of Hezbollah as a non-state actor in Lebanon, Hadi Wahab’s book will contribute to the debate in politics on armed and political movements in the Middle East. A truly excellent analysis of Hezbollah’s activity in Syria in the last decade that ought to be read by students in the field as well as policy practitioners. Sajjad Rizvi, Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK Offering insights into the world of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, serving as an Iranian proxy on the one hand and playing a critical political and social role in Lebanon on the other, Wahhab’s analysis, based upon rarely-used sources, provides a trenchant view of this most important yet understudied actor in Middle East political life. Gareth Stansfield, Professor of Middle East Politics, University of Exeter