Hilal Khashan is a scholar of the
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
.
His research focuses on Middle Eastern regional security, with emphasis on the
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...
.
He is quoted in the international press as a commentator on Lebanese and regional politics. In recent publications, he has analyzed the alliance between
Hezbollah
Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...
and Maronite leader
Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun ( ar, ميشال نعيم عون ; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former military general who served as the President of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 until 30 October 2022.
Born in Haret Hreik to a Mar ...
, discussed Hezbollah's plans for Lebanon, and written about Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 which in his opinion is "flawed".
Books
*''Hizbullah: A Mission to Nowhere''. Lexington Books, 2019.
*''Arab Attitudes Toward Israel and Peace''. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus Series no. 40, 2000. Translated into Hebrew by Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 2001.
*''Arabs at the Crossroads: Political Identity and Nationalism''. University Press of Florida, 2000.
*''Partner or Pariah? Attitudes Toward Israel in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan''. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Study no. 41, 1996.
*''Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind''. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1992.
*Monte Palmer, Mima Nedelcovych, Hilal Khashan, and Deborah Monroe. ''Survey Research in the Arab World''. London: Middle East and North Africa Press, 1982.
References
External links
Faculty profile at American University of Beirut
Writers from Beirut
Lebanese political scientists
1951 births
Living people
Florida State University alumni
University of Florida alumni
Academic staff of the American University of Beirut
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