Imad Salamey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Imad Salamey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Imad |
| FAMILY NAME | Salamey |
| SIGNATURE | SALAMEY I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lebanese American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9642-0752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mediating Ethnosectarian Conflicts: Lessons from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon, and Northern Ireland
This article showcases critical foundations for successful mediations of ethnosectarian-born conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, and Northern Ireland. Comparative mediation strategies demonstrate the centrality of power-sharing agreements as a prerequisite arrangement for any negotiated settlement outcome. Agreements are typically reached following intensified conflicts. Sides to the conflicts experience exhaustions or turning points th…
Power-Sharing Models for Postwar Syria: Consociational vs. Centripetal Options
This article explores potential power-sharing models for post-conflict Syria. It surveys the literature on the need for power-sharing as a conflict management tool for deeply divided societies and explores its suitability for Syria. Two particular power-sharing models are explored: the consociational and centripetal. Both arrangements are examined through a comparative research that assesses the success and failures of the Lebanese and Iraqi powe…
The Communitarian Nation-State Paradox in Lebanon
The alliance between the seemingly disparate Lebanese Christian party Free Patriotic Movement and the Shi’a organization Hezbollah has survived many local and regional upheavals since the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) in February 2006. The pact was strengthened after the 2006 summer war and has stood for 15 years - despite political assassinations and low-intensity conflict in Lebanon and a civil war in neighboring Syria. I arg…
The Government and Politics of Lebanon
Aiming to contribute to the reader’s greater understanding of Lebanese government and politics, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the origin, development, and institutionalization of sectarian consociationalism in Lebanon. A recurrent proposition advanced in this book is that Lebanese sectarian consociationalism has been both a cure and a curse in the formulation of political settlements and institution building. On the one hand, …
The Double Movement & Post‐Arab Spring Consociationalism
This article explores the theoretical proposition that the Arab Spring is a manifestation of globalization's double movement. On one hand, the global movement of economic and cultural liberalization has fundamentally deconstructed the functional order of centralized national state‐autocracy. On the other hand, globalization's economic, cultural and security integration has been counterbalanced by a movement for autonomous and communitarian protec…
Decline of Nation-States after the Arab Spring: The Rise of Communitocracy
Post-Arab Spring: Changes and challenges
This paper advances the proposition that post-Arab Spring politics are a product of globalisation’s economic and social liberalisation. The global market and privatisation have fundamentally deconstructed centralised autocratic rule over state and society, while facilitating corruption and selective development, culminating in public outrage. The political order of the Middle East and North Africa since the Arab Spring synthesises globalisation’s…
The Government and Politics of Lebanon
Aiming to contribute to the reader’s greater understanding of Lebanese government and politics, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the origin, development, and institutionalization of sectarian consociationalism in Lebanon. A recurrent proposition advanced in this book is that Lebanese sectarian consociationalism has been both a cure and a curse in the formulation of political settlements and institution building. On the one hand, …
Democratic transition and sectarian populism: The case of Lebanon
Despite being considered as one of the oldest constitutional democracies in the Middle East, Lebanon has been confronted with periodical institutional crises and civil violence. A protracted transitional period towards democracy has threatened the autonomy of deeply fragmented sectarian groups, and has instigated a polarizing struggle over nationhood. Fearing the degradation of their power to a majoritarian order, sectarian leaders have resorted …
The Collapse of Middle Eastern Authoritarianism: Breaking the barriers of fear and power
This article analyses Middle Eastern authoritarianism and the contemporary political transformations which have swept the region. It suggests that, given the uneven spread of reform and the selectiveness of international intervention, the prioritisation of Middle Eastern stability over democratic transformation, combined with local authoritarian regimes' ability to use excessive force against their own populations and insurgents, are responsible …
How exceptional are Islamists? Comparing support for Hezbollah and the Lebanese Forces
Islamist movements have advanced in various contemporary forms for several decades, but there is little scholarly consensus in explaining the phenomenal rise of these movements. At least four princ
Shia Revival and Welayat Al-Faqih in the Making of Iranian Foreign Policy
The repercussions of the 1979 Iranian Revolution are too often attributed to the idea that the state's policy-making was based on a Khomeinist-charged ideology that sought to expand political Islam throughout the Middle East. Alternative interpretations of Iranian foreign policy have emphasized policymakers' pragmatic, as opposed to ideological, considerations of state preservation. This article examines these contested propositions regarding the…
US-French Collaboration on Lebanon: How Syria's Role in Lebanon and the Middle East Contributed to a US-French Convergence
This article considers US-French collaboration on Lebanon, especially between 2004 and 2008. It examines the political background to such collaboration and its manifestations at the United Nations Security Council and in the two powers' relations with Lebanon, Syria, and other regional players. We argue that the changed political landscape in the Middle East following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq (particularly Syrian policy in Lebanon and towards…
Middle Eastern Exceptionalism: Globalization and the Balance of Power
The debate over “Middle Eastern exceptionalism” has encompassed various contested views regarding the phenomenal failure of Middle Eastern states to democratize. International relations theorists have turned particular attention to the Middle Eastern exceptionalism theory following the end of the Cold War era during which Middle Eastern states showed resiliency to a perceived epoch of great global liberal transformations. This paper examines the …
Consociational Democracy and Urban Sustainability: Transforming the Confessional Divides in Beirut
Is ‘consociational democracy’ a sustainable working model for deeply divided societies? Despite its relative success in Lebanon, rapid urbanization has presented serious challenges to the rigid confessional power-sharing arrangement. In the city of Beirut, confessionalism, which is closely associated with urbanization, has led to the polarization, rather than the moderation, of sectarian divides. The results of an opinion survey conducted by the …
Parliamentary Consociationalism in Lebanon: Equal Citizenry vs. Quotated Confessionalism
This article sheds light on the governance dilemma in a deeply divided post-conflict Lebanese sectarian society undergoing democratic transition. It assesses consociational democracy as a working model institutionalised by Lebanon in light of the country's composition of multiple religious minorities. In particular, it focuses on the political forces shaping the current Lebanese National Assembly (parliament) within the confessional structure and…
Hezbollah: A Proletarian Party with an Islamic Manifesto – A Sociopolitical Analysis of Islamist Populism in Lebanon and the Middle East
This article examines the rising contention between a global foreign policy promoting liberal democracy in the Middle East and Islamist rejectionism. It provides a sociopolitical analysis of the phenomena of radical Islamist politics while focusing on the experience of Hezbollah in Lebanon. It associates the growth of Hezbollah, a political movement seen in various forms in several countries, with social class dynamics that have been antagonised …
The Crisis of Federalism and Electoral Strategies in Iraq
After uprooting Saddam Hussein from power, establishing democracy in Iraq has been declared among the most important objectives of the U.S.-led Coalition. However, the Coalition has encountered complex ethnic and religious relations and resentment of foreign intervention in Iraq. These reactions reflect decades, even centuries, of divisive and antagonistic policies whose impacts continue to complicate and threaten coexistence and civil peace. The…
Parliamentary Consociationalism in Lebanon: Equal Citizenry vs. Quotated Confessionalism
This article sheds light on the governance dilemma in a deeply divided post-conflict Lebanese sectarian society undergoing democratic transition. It assesses consociational democracy as a working model institutionalised by Lebanon in light of the country's composition of multiple religious minorities. In particular, it focuses on the political forces shaping the current Lebanese National Assembly (parliament) within the confessional structure and…
Hezbollah: A Proletarian Party with an Islamic Manifesto – A Sociopolitical Analysis of Islamist Populism in Lebanon and the Middle East
This article examines the rising contention between a global foreign policy promoting liberal democracy in the Middle East and Islamist rejectionism. It provides a sociopolitical analysis of the phenomena of radical Islamist politics while focusing on the experience of Hezbollah in Lebanon. It associates the growth of Hezbollah, a political movement seen in various forms in several countries, with social class dynamics that have been antagonised …
Post-Arab Spring: Changes and challenges
This paper advances the proposition that post-Arab Spring politics are a product of globalisation’s economic and social liberalisation. The global market and privatisation have fundamentally deconstructed centralised autocratic rule over state and society, while facilitating corruption and selective development, culminating in public outrage. The political order of the Middle East and North Africa since the Arab Spring synthesises globalisation’s…
Democratic transition and sectarian populism: The case of Lebanon
Despite being considered as one of the oldest constitutional democracies in the Middle East, Lebanon has been confronted with periodical institutional crises and civil violence. A protracted transitional period towards democracy has threatened the autonomy of deeply fragmented sectarian groups, and has instigated a polarizing struggle over nationhood. Fearing the degradation of their power to a majoritarian order, sectarian leaders have resorted …
Consociational Democracy and Urban Sustainability: Transforming the Confessional Divides in Beirut
Is ‘consociational democracy’ a sustainable working model for deeply divided societies? Despite its relative success in Lebanon, rapid urbanization has presented serious challenges to the rigid confessional power-sharing arrangement. In the city of Beirut, confessionalism, which is closely associated with urbanization, has led to the polarization, rather than the moderation, of sectarian divides. The results of an opinion survey conducted by the …
Shia Revival and Welayat Al-Faqih in the Making of Iranian Foreign Policy
The repercussions of the 1979 Iranian Revolution are too often attributed to the idea that the state's policy-making was based on a Khomeinist-charged ideology that sought to expand political Islam throughout the Middle East. Alternative interpretations of Iranian foreign policy have emphasized policymakers' pragmatic, as opposed to ideological, considerations of state preservation. This article examines these contested propositions regarding the…
The Double Movement & Post‐Arab Spring Consociationalism
This article explores the theoretical proposition that the Arab Spring is a manifestation of globalization's double movement. On one hand, the global movement of economic and cultural liberalization has fundamentally deconstructed the functional order of centralized national state‐autocracy. On the other hand, globalization's economic, cultural and security integration has been counterbalanced by a movement for autonomous and communitarian protec…
The Collapse of Middle Eastern Authoritarianism: Breaking the barriers of fear and power
This article analyses Middle Eastern authoritarianism and the contemporary political transformations which have swept the region. It suggests that, given the uneven spread of reform and the selectiveness of international intervention, the prioritisation of Middle Eastern stability over democratic transformation, combined with local authoritarian regimes' ability to use excessive force against their own populations and insurgents, are responsible …
Middle Eastern Exceptionalism: Globalization and the Balance of Power
The debate over “Middle Eastern exceptionalism” has encompassed various contested views regarding the phenomenal failure of Middle Eastern states to democratize. International relations theorists have turned particular attention to the Middle Eastern exceptionalism theory following the end of the Cold War era during which Middle Eastern states showed resiliency to a perceived epoch of great global liberal transformations. This paper examines the …
The Crisis of Federalism and Electoral Strategies in Iraq
After uprooting Saddam Hussein from power, establishing democracy in Iraq has been declared among the most important objectives of the U.S.-led Coalition. However, the Coalition has encountered complex ethnic and religious relations and resentment of foreign intervention in Iraq. These reactions reflect decades, even centuries, of divisive and antagonistic policies whose impacts continue to complicate and threaten coexistence and civil peace. The…
The Crisis of Federalism and Electoral Strategies in Iraq
After uprooting Saddam Hussein from power, establishing democracy in Iraq has been declared among the most important objectives of the U.S.-led Coalition. However, the Coalition has encountered complex ethnic and religious relations and resentment of foreign intervention in Iraq. These reactions reflect decades, even centuries, of divisive and antagonistic policies whose impacts continue to complicate and threaten coexistence and civil peace. The…
Hezbollah: A Proletarian Party with an Islamic Manifesto – A Sociopolitical Analysis of Islamist Populism in Lebanon and the Middle East
This article examines the rising contention between a global foreign policy promoting liberal democracy in the Middle East and Islamist rejectionism. It provides a sociopolitical analysis of the phenomena of radical Islamist politics while focusing on the experience of Hezbollah in Lebanon. It associates the growth of Hezbollah, a political movement seen in various forms in several countries, with social class dynamics that have been antagonised …
Consociational Democracy and Urban Sustainability: Transforming the Confessional Divides in Beirut
Is ‘consociational democracy’ a sustainable working model for deeply divided societies? Despite its relative success in Lebanon, rapid urbanization has presented serious challenges to the rigid confessional power-sharing arrangement. In the city of Beirut, confessionalism, which is closely associated with urbanization, has led to the polarization, rather than the moderation, of sectarian divides. The results of an opinion survey conducted by the …
Parliamentary Consociationalism in Lebanon: Equal Citizenry vs. Quotated Confessionalism
This article sheds light on the governance dilemma in a deeply divided post-conflict Lebanese sectarian society undergoing democratic transition. It assesses consociational democracy as a working model institutionalised by Lebanon in light of the country's composition of multiple religious minorities. In particular, it focuses on the political forces shaping the current Lebanese National Assembly (parliament) within the confessional structure and…
Middle Eastern Exceptionalism: Globalization and the Balance of Power
The debate over “Middle Eastern exceptionalism” has encompassed various contested views regarding the phenomenal failure of Middle Eastern states to democratize. International relations theorists have turned particular attention to the Middle Eastern exceptionalism theory following the end of the Cold War era during which Middle Eastern states showed resiliency to a perceived epoch of great global liberal transformations. This paper examines the …
How exceptional are Islamists? Comparing support for Hezbollah and the Lebanese Forces
Islamist movements have advanced in various contemporary forms for several decades, but there is little scholarly consensus in explaining the phenomenal rise of these movements. At least four princ
Shia Revival and Welayat Al-Faqih in the Making of Iranian Foreign Policy
The repercussions of the 1979 Iranian Revolution are too often attributed to the idea that the state's policy-making was based on a Khomeinist-charged ideology that sought to expand political Islam throughout the Middle East. Alternative interpretations of Iranian foreign policy have emphasized policymakers' pragmatic, as opposed to ideological, considerations of state preservation. This article examines these contested propositions regarding the…
US-French Collaboration on Lebanon: How Syria's Role in Lebanon and the Middle East Contributed to a US-French Convergence
This article considers US-French collaboration on Lebanon, especially between 2004 and 2008. It examines the political background to such collaboration and its manifestations at the United Nations Security Council and in the two powers' relations with Lebanon, Syria, and other regional players. We argue that the changed political landscape in the Middle East following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq (particularly Syrian policy in Lebanon and towards…
Democratic transition and sectarian populism: The case of Lebanon
Despite being considered as one of the oldest constitutional democracies in the Middle East, Lebanon has been confronted with periodical institutional crises and civil violence. A protracted transitional period towards democracy has threatened the autonomy of deeply fragmented sectarian groups, and has instigated a polarizing struggle over nationhood. Fearing the degradation of their power to a majoritarian order, sectarian leaders have resorted …
The Collapse of Middle Eastern Authoritarianism: Breaking the barriers of fear and power
This article analyses Middle Eastern authoritarianism and the contemporary political transformations which have swept the region. It suggests that, given the uneven spread of reform and the selectiveness of international intervention, the prioritisation of Middle Eastern stability over democratic transformation, combined with local authoritarian regimes' ability to use excessive force against their own populations and insurgents, are responsible …
The Government and Politics of Lebanon
Aiming to contribute to the reader’s greater understanding of Lebanese government and politics, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the origin, development, and institutionalization of sectarian consociationalism in Lebanon. A recurrent proposition advanced in this book is that Lebanese sectarian consociationalism has been both a cure and a curse in the formulation of political settlements and institution building. On the one hand, …
Post-Arab Spring: Changes and challenges
This paper advances the proposition that post-Arab Spring politics are a product of globalisation’s economic and social liberalisation. The global market and privatisation have fundamentally deconstructed centralised autocratic rule over state and society, while facilitating corruption and selective development, culminating in public outrage. The political order of the Middle East and North Africa since the Arab Spring synthesises globalisation’s…
The Double Movement & Post‐Arab Spring Consociationalism
This article explores the theoretical proposition that the Arab Spring is a manifestation of globalization's double movement. On one hand, the global movement of economic and cultural liberalization has fundamentally deconstructed the functional order of centralized national state‐autocracy. On the other hand, globalization's economic, cultural and security integration has been counterbalanced by a movement for autonomous and communitarian protec…
Decline of Nation-States after the Arab Spring: The Rise of Communitocracy
The Communitarian Nation-State Paradox in Lebanon
The alliance between the seemingly disparate Lebanese Christian party Free Patriotic Movement and the Shi’a organization Hezbollah has survived many local and regional upheavals since the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) in February 2006. The pact was strengthened after the 2006 summer war and has stood for 15 years - despite political assassinations and low-intensity conflict in Lebanon and a civil war in neighboring Syria. I arg…
The Government and Politics of Lebanon
Aiming to contribute to the reader’s greater understanding of Lebanese government and politics, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the origin, development, and institutionalization of sectarian consociationalism in Lebanon. A recurrent proposition advanced in this book is that Lebanese sectarian consociationalism has been both a cure and a curse in the formulation of political settlements and institution building. On the one hand, …
Power-Sharing Models for Postwar Syria: Consociational vs. Centripetal Options
This article explores potential power-sharing models for post-conflict Syria. It surveys the literature on the need for power-sharing as a conflict management tool for deeply divided societies and explores its suitability for Syria. Two particular power-sharing models are explored: the consociational and centripetal. Both arrangements are examined through a comparative research that assesses the success and failures of the Lebanese and Iraqi powe…
Mediating Ethnosectarian Conflicts: Lessons from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lebanon, and Northern Ireland
This article showcases critical foundations for successful mediations of ethnosectarian-born conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, and Northern Ireland. Comparative mediation strategies demonstrate the centrality of power-sharing agreements as a prerequisite arrangement for any negotiated settlement outcome. Agreements are typically reached following intensified conflicts. Sides to the conflicts experience exhaustions or turning points th…
Political science (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Political economy (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (10 works) · Democracy (8 works)