استراتيجية الضاحية
Israeli doctrine of disproportionate destruction associated with South Beirut
الإصلاح بواسطة السلاح
Traboulsi paradox naming the attempt to impose political reform through warfare
الاستثناء الاسلامي
orientalist claim that Islamic societies are exceptional in ways that block democratic or historical development
الاستراتيجية الدفاعية
Lebanese `defense strategy` debate over arms, deterrence, and Hezbollah's military role
الاستغراب
occidentalism as the inverse but inadequate answer to orientalism
الاستقلال المركّب
Traboulsi formulation for a double or layered independence required by Lebanese history
الاقتصاد الحر
free-market ideology and the Lebanese doctrine of non-intervention
الاقتصاد الريعي
rentier economy and related rentier-state reasoning
الباتريمونيالية
patrimonial or neo-patrimonial explanation of Arab regimes and economies, often as an object of critique
البرجوازية الكولونيالية
Mahdi Amil's class-theoretical formulation for the bourgeois fraction reproduced within colonial dependency and incapable of leading genuine national liberation
البلشفيك
Bolshevik movement and its revolutionary strategy
التجويف الاقتصادي-الاجتماعي للطائفية
anti-sectarian political-economy formula arguing that sectarian power can be weakened not by moral denunciation alone but by dismantling the social inequalities, patronage…
التحديد المضاعف
Marxist idea that social, political, and cultural determinations operate in layered combination
الترويكا
tri-partite leadership or power-sharing formula, especially in South Yemen
الترويكا الرئاسية
post-Taif three-headed Lebanese executive balance among top state offices
التطبيع
normalization with Israel as political and diplomatic program
التعديل الهيكلي
structural-adjustment program as neoliberal reform package
التفكير في الغياب
Traboulsi critique of explanatory habits that explain phenomena only by what is missing
التمثيل النسبي
proportional representation as electoral-system proposal rather than generic parliamentary proportionality
التوافقية
Lebanese consensus-based power-sharing logic and its heavy post-Doha versions
التوطين
anti-resettlement / permanent-settlement political concept
الثقافوية
ideological reduction of politics and history to culture or identity
الثلث المعطّل
Lebanese cabinet-veto formula
الثورة المضادة
counter-revolution as process, bloc, or historical reversal against revolutionary openings
الحرب الكونية ضد الارهاب
US-led global security doctrine that restructures regional politics under anti-terror priority
الخصخصة
privatization as policy doctrine and restructuring mechanism
الخورجة
Traboulsi critique of explaining local crises by exporting responsibility to outsiders
الداروينية الاجتماعية
right-wing doctrine extending Darwinian natural selection and competition into social hierarchy, market ethics, and anti-egalitarian politics
الدولة المدنية
`civil state` as contested formula between democratic reform and avoidance of secularism
الدولة الوطنية
nation-state as modern political form and as crisis-ridden framework in Arab political thought
الزعامة
sectarian-patronage bossism and the social form of political leadership
الزواج المدني
optional civil marriage as a democratic and rights-based reform in Lebanon
السحرية التاريخية
Abbas Beydoun's description of Traboulsi's historical-literary method
السرية المصرفية
banking secrecy as a pillar of Lebanese financial order
الشرق الاوسط الجديد
geopolitical formula for regional remaking under imperial, Israeli, or neoliberal strategic projects
الشرق الاوسط الكبير
enlarged geopolitical formula for restructuring the region through externally driven strategic redesign
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