As #Lebanon pressures #Hezbollah to disarm, I explore a central paradox: a state can't claim sovereignty while a non-state actor determines qns of war & peace, but sovereignty is hollow if the state can't defend its people & territory. In Issue 4 of Now Voyager mag nowvoyagermag.com/reporting/le...
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Lebanon and Hezbollah: Who Defends the Country?
As Hezbollah faces unprecedented pressure to disarm, Rania Abouzeid reports on the human and political implications of a longstanding question: Can the Lebanese state protect its people?