"Constructing UN Security Council Resolution 1701" (original) (raw)

This article argues that the 'war on terror' redefined the significance of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war and the formulation of UN Security Council resolution 1701, which authorized the deployment of robust UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. Adopting a critical, discursive approach, it posits that the resolution embodies a powerful discourse that intertwines local power struggles in Lebanon with broader geopolitical dynamics, particularly US influence in the region. The author contends that the contradictory narratives within resolution 1701, stemming from Israel's military failures against Hizbullah, ultimately undermined rather than bolstered the Lebanese state, leading to prolonged internal conflict until a peace accord was reached in 2008.