1st Edition

Lebanon after the Syrian Withdrawal External Intervention, Power-Sharing and Political Instability

By Ohannes Geukjian Copyright 2017
326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

Lebanon experienced serious instability and ethno-national conflict following the Syrian withdrawal in 2005, compounded by the Arab Spring, which led to regional instability and civil war in Iraq and Syria. Why did consociational democracy fail? Was failure inevitable? What impact could external powers play in creating an environment where consociationalism might be successfully implemented?... Read more
1. Introduction

2. Lebanon’s Power-Sharing Arrangements

3. The Post-Tai’f Period: Power-Sharing and External Intervention

4. External Intervention and the Syrian Withdrawal in 2005

5. Escalating Tensions, War and External Intervention, 2006

6. Political and Military Escalation and the Doha Agreement, 2007-08

7. Regional and International Dynamics to Stabilize Lebanon, 2009-10

8. The Limits of Lebanon’s Consociationalism to Manage Internal Conflict, 2011-12

9. Political Instability and Contradictory Resilience of Lebanese Consociationalism, 2013-16

Conclusion

Biography

Ohannes Geukjian is Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics and Conflict Resolution in the Political Science and Public Administration Department at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.