Hizbollah’s Force Buildup of 2006-2009:  Foundations and Future Trends

dc.creator	Guy Aviad
dc.date	2009-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:16Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:16Z
dc.identifier	2307-793X
dc.identifier	2307-8634
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d2cc3342a0ef45f5b9ad271df74ecbaa
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8088
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/d2cc3342a0ef45f5b9ad271df74ecbaa
dc.description	On August 12, 2006, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1701, paving the way for the end of 34 days of warfare between Israel and Hizbollah, a campaign later named the Second Lebanon War. Apart from the immediate need to establish a ceaseﬁre, the Security Council hoped to change the security reality in southern Lebanon while neutralizing the elements that were responsible for the escalation, and prevent the repetition of another round of ﬁghting between the sides. Resolution 1701 ostensibly gave an adequate response to Israel’s security needs on the Lebanese front and signiﬁcantly limited Hizbollah’s ability to rearm in southern Lebanon. The purpose of this essay is to examine Hizbollah’s renewed force buildup since the end of the war in August 2006 despite the constraints of Resolution 1701, to understand the foundations underlying the rearmament of the last three years, and on the basis of this analysis to infer future trends in the organization’s operational doctrine and the operative logic behind the trends. The essay analyzes a number of aspects of Hizbollah’s force buildup, such as manpower, armaments, training, and deployment in the arena, in context of the lessons the organization learned from its various successes and failures in the war. The essay also examines the extent to which these conclusions match the organization’s plan for confrontation against the IDF in the next round.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Institute for National Security Studies
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dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2307-793X
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2307-8634
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Military and Strategic Affairs, Vol 1, Iss 3, Pp 3-22 (2009)
dc.subject	UN Security Council
dc.subject	Israel
dc.subject	Hizbollah
dc.subject	IDF
dc.subject	Second Lebanon War
dc.subject	Lebanon
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	Hizbollah’s Force Buildup of 2006-2009: Foundations and Future Trends
dc.type	Article