Hilal Khashan is a scholar of the Middle East.

His research focuses on Middle Eastern regional security, with emphasis on the Persian Gulf.

He is quoted in the international press as a commentator on Lebanese and regional politics.^[1] In recent publications, he has analyzed the alliance between Hezbollah and Maronite leader Michel Aoun,^[2] discussed Hezbollah's plans for Lebanon,^[3] and written about Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 which in his opinion is "flawed".^[4]

Books

• Hizbullah: A Mission to Nowhere. Lexington Books, 2019.
• Arab Attitudes Toward Israel and Peace. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus Series no. 40, 2000. Translated into Hebrew by Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, 2001.
• Arabs at the Crossroads: Political Identity and Nationalism. University Press of Florida, 2000.
• Partner or Pariah? Attitudes Toward Israel in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Study no. 41, 1996.
• Khashan, Hilal (1992). Inside the Lebanese Confessional Mind. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-8191-8778-9.
• Monte Palmer, Mima Nedelcovych, Hilal Khashan, and Deborah Monroe. Survey Research in the Arab World. London: Middle East and North Africa Press, 1982.