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dc.contributor.advisorGreaves, Rose L
dc.contributor.authorPickell, Samuel Vernon
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-05T22:50:19Z
dc.date.available2010-07-05T22:50:19Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-02
dc.date.submitted2010
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10753
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/6389
dc.description.abstractIn recent years reports have appeared in government publications and the media alleging that the close relationship between Iran and Venezuela has resulted in the flourishing of radical Islamic groups like Hezbollah within Venezuela. This paper seeks to examine the juncture between Iran, Hezbollah, and Venezuela under Hugo Chavez. Chavez' socialist project underway in Venezuela shares many fundamental ideological principles with revolutionary Iran, most notably in its rejection of the current Western-led geopolitical order. This marriage of convenience has allowed both states to cement their respective positions as leaders of the global anti-American movement and has provided a platform from which Hezbollah and its Iranian patron have extended their global outreach. This paper seeks to examine this mutually-beneficial arrangement, and attempts to explain the risks and threats presented by this scenario for Latin America, Iran, and the United States.
dc.format.extent74 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectInternational relations
dc.subjectIslamic studies
dc.subjectAnti-American
dc.subjectHezbollah
dc.subjectHugo chavez
dc.subjectRadical
dc.subjectResistance
dc.subjectVenezuela
dc.titleHezbollah and Hugo Chavez: Radical Islam's Western Foothold
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberBaumann, Robert F
dc.contributor.cmtememberWert, Hal E
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineInternational Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid7078838
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