Lebanon after Ta'if: another reform opportunity lost?(Ta'if Accord)
From: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
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Date: 1/1/1999
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Author: Hudson, Michael C.
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The implementation of the Ta'if Accord, which was signed on Oct 24, 1989, failed to resolve Lebanon's sectarian segmentation. Despite ending the country's civil war, the adoption of the Ta'if Accord has deepened secretarianism in Lebanon as the government tries to ignore the procedure the accord is proposing to eliminate such problem. A general feeling of lack of confidence in the reconstituted institutions of government, coupled with a heightened concern regarding sectarian status and ...
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