Transnational State-Building in Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Strengthening or Shattering the Peace?Footnote^*

* The article proposes an empirical study, which is an in-depth comparison of two externally supported state-building initiatives. It analyses the link between state-building and the strengthening of peace, and the role played by foreign interventions in the process.

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