CAPTURING LEBANON WHILE “SAVING” ASSAD: HEZBOLLAH AND THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA, 2010-2020

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This thesis aims to analyze Hezbollah’s motivations in intervening in Syria, how Hezbollah as a Lebanese actor justified its intervention in the civil war in Syria, and its extended role in the war and presence in Syria in the past decade. By looking at the whole process from the beginning of the Syrian uprisings until 2020, it looks at stages of Hezbollah’s direct involvement in Syria. By borrowing the concept of win-sets from Robert Putnam’s two-level game theory, it aims to answer how Hezbollah justified its intervention and its role in the civil war in Syria and how this foreign intervention influenced its domestic strategies in Lebanon. In trying to analyze how Hezbollah justified its policy toward Syria, this study will also ask the following questions: What kind of win-sets were defined by Hezbollah and bargained with the domestic actors in Lebanon? What has been the critical stages in forming its strategy over time? Whether Hezbollah successfully bargained with domestic actors, how it changed its strategy in time.

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Hezbollah, Syrian Civil War, Robert Putnam, Win-Sets, Lebanon

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N. Elhan, “CAPTURING LEBANON WHILE “SAVING” ASSAD: HEZBOLLAH AND THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA, 2010-2020,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2022.