Sterling Jensen

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Sterling Jensen is a senior Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.  The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and do not represent the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Lebanon’s Anchor: The Lebanese Armed Forces

  

  
  

                
 by Robert Sharp and Sterling Jensen 

  

  
  

                
Posted On January 8, 2013 03:30 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	Lebanon's national rejection of returning to civil war coupled with the buoyancy provided by the Lebanese Armed Forces will keep it from sinking into the Syrian abyss.


  

		  
  

                
Beirut, Oh Mistress of the World

  

  
  

                
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Posted On October 22, 2012 05:30 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	Regional proxy wars between Iran and the Arab Gulf are using Lebanon as their figurative prostitute.


  

		  
  

                
The Iranian View of Stage Two of the Arab Spring

  

  
  

                
 by Robert Sharp and Sterling Jensen 

  

  
  

                
Posted On October 3, 2012 05:30 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	As some try to connect the dots of recent events, is there an Iranian role in what appears to be Stage 2 of the Arab Spring?


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
Why Lebanon Will Not Fall

  

  
  

                
 by Sterling Jensen and Robert Sharp 

  

  
  

                
Posted On August 29, 2012 04:35 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	Lebanon has a political system, security force, and national memory to weather the current storm. 


  

		  
  

                
Grandmother's Footsteps: Hezbollah Hedging

  

  
  

                
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Posted On July 31, 2012 04:21 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	In a game of surrepititious steps, whom is grandmother?


  

		  
  

                
Holding Lebanon Together: The Lebanese Armed Forces

  

  
  

                
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Posted On June 1, 2012 04:48 AM | Comments(4)

  

  
  

                

	The Lebanese Armed Forces are the strongest institution for national unity.  We should assist them to grow stronger in this mission.