Abstract:This study examines the growing role of globalization in increasing small states vulnerability to hegemonic powers. Lebanon, a country which has been racked by civil war, foreign interventions, and recurring political paralyses is a case study. The country’s strategic geopolitical position between regional powers has been a major driver of its protracted instability. Required but a hardly attainable political compromise between competing sectarian political groups tied to regional interests has undermined the … Show more
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