Commentary
Mohanad Hage Ali
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Commentary
What’s Next for Hezbollah?
Having contributed to the Assad regime’s survival, the party can now turn to other priorities.
Published on Nov 28, 2017
Mohanad Hage Ali is the director of communications at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. A former journalist, he worked for, among other outlets, the Al-Hayat daily in Beirut and London. He is a regular contributor to the Lebanese online publication Al-Modon, and a lecturer in politics and journalism at the Lebanese American University. Recently, he published Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Political Islam: Hizbullah’s Institutional Identity at Palgrave Macmillan, which he talked about here.
Diwan sat with Hage Ali in late November to discuss what the future holds for Hezbollah now that the conflict in Syria has entered a new phase in which the regime of President Bashar al-Assad appears to have survived, to a great extent thanks to Iran’s and the party’s efforts.
About the Author
Mohanad Hage Ali
Deputy Director for Research, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
Mohanad Hage Ali is the deputy director for research at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center.
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Recent Work
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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