Waleed Hazbun

@whazbun.bsky.social

IR and Middle East Studies Prof. at the University of Alabama. Mid East & East Med geopolitics, US foreign policy, Tourism & ✈️ Visiting Scholar, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2024-25).

if this scenario unfolds, it could be catastrophic and would require substantial US forces. and it likely won't work. but we can't rule it out given the strategic incoherence in Washington rn.

Dalia Dassa Kaye@dassakaye.bsky.social · 3w ago

Excellent analysis from @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social on X suggesting the current US strike pattern may be setting the stage for ground troops to seize Iran's southern coastal area. If accurate, this may not just be another round of attacks before more talks but an attempt to solve Hormuz through force.

"They dismiss appeals to morality, international law or justice and revel in domination through brute force. The actual lesson of Athenian brutality in the Melian Dialogue, of course, was that by abandoning morality the city state had doomed itself to defeat."

Abu Aardvark@abuaardvark.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How do weak states in the Middle East adapt when order breaks down and the powerful act with impunity? Plus, how self-styled Realists misunderstand Thucydides. My new essay with Waleed Hazbun introduces a new POMEPS Studies collection. abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/weak-states-...

How do weak states in the Middle East adapt when order breaks down and the powerful act with impunity? Plus, how self-styled Realists misunderstand Thucydides. My new essay with Waleed Hazbun introduces a new POMEPS Studies collection. abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/weak-states-...

Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East

I'm pleased to announce the publication of POMEPS Studies 60 Weak States in a Turbulent Middle East. It's based on a workshop I ran with Waleed Hazbun at the University of Alabama a few months ago, an...

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It enrages me that the Iran fiasco had basically relegated Israel’s absolutely horrific assault on Lebanon to a sideshow which barely gets noticed. That alone should be a crisis that grips the urgent attention of the entire world and nobody even notices.

This week will be hosting a talk by Marc Lynch (George Washington University) about his recent book “America’s Middle East: The Ruination of A Region" Thursday, March 12, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm CDT in Ten Hoor Hall , 117 at the University of Alabama.

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This week will be hosting a talk by Marc Lynch (George Washington University) about his recent book “America’s Middle East: The Ruination of A Region" Thursday, March 12, 2026 3:30pm to 5:00pm CDT in Ten Hoor Hall , 117 at the University of Alabama.

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