nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3f68da8670222a98 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260320s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3f68da8670222a98 doi eng 342 23 Hanssen, Jens Author aut Letter from Beirut - On War, International Law and Good German Foreign Policy Hanssen, Jens Verfassungsblog 2026-03-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier I find myself writing these words no longer from Beirut, but about it – my professional home. It is a city to which I am deeply bound, one that was the subject of my doctoral thesis over twenty-five years ago, and where I have had the honour of directing the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB). The asymmetric war between Israel and Hizbollah reignited on 2 March 2026, and once again forced Lebanese civilians south of Beirut to flee through the ruins of the last war. EU member states must find an independent, credible voice. This is not an anti-American stance; it is the fundamental duty of a democracy to act in accordance with its constitution and international law. CC BY-SA 4.0 Beirut Iran Israel Israel-US-Iran War Krieg Libanon Syrien USA Ḥizb Allāh | Libanon (DE-588)5110433-7 gnd Ḥizb Allāh | Libanon (DE-588)4005348-9 gnd Beirut (DE-588)4027653-3 gnd Iran (DE-588)4027808-6 gnd Israel (DE-588)4033114-3 gnd Krieg (DE-588)4035567-6 gnd Libanon (DE-588)4058794-0 gnd Syrien (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd USA Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/letter-from-beirut/ raw object