3 octobre 2019
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Fabrice Balanche, « The Geopolitics of Lebanon in the Renewed Regional Tensions », Presses de l’Ifpo, ID : 10.4000/books.ifpo.13210
The concept of “buffer state” developed by George Corm perfectly fits Lebanon, with which all the conflicts taking place in the area resonate. In a system structured by institutionalized communitarianism, decisions made in the political sphere are very much shaped by the regional power relationships and the interventions of both regional and external patrons (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, USA, Russia). Lebanon at the heart of regional tensions Figure I-13: Lebanon and the geopolitics of the regi...