Lebanese army and Hezbollah: Complementarity, collusion or subordination?

10 November 2014

The Lebanese political and security scene gathers different stakeholders who are engaged in influence peddling feeding the chronic instability from which the Land of Cedar suffers. In this context, Hezbollah and the Lebanese Armed Forces maintain complex relations, oscillating between complementarity, collusion and subordination, according to the circumstances. By focusing on a few key questions, this Note intends to highlight the ongoing balances of power in order to evaluate the risks of arms diversion in Lebanon.