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Lamia Estatie is a Middle East analyst and researcher based in Beirut, Lebanon. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Lebanese Presidential Election Unlikely to Alter Hezbollah’s Syria Calculus
The presidential vacuum in Lebanon since May 24, when president Michel Sleiman’s term ended without the Lebanese parliament having elected a successor, is likely to continue until an electable candidate is found who respects Hezbollah’s military autonomy and does not challenge its Syria policy.
