(This article was first published in January 2023)Who will (one day) succeed Hassan Nasrallah? Rumors about the deteriorating health of Hezbollah’s Secretary General have been circulating throughout the Middle East in recent days. That is for good reason: No one can imagine what the party would look like without its charismatic leader. Hassan Nasrallah, who has led the party since 1992 and turned 62 last August, reassured his supporters during a speech yesterday, and there is no indication that the question of his succession will arise anytime soon. However, given the importance of the figure and the vacuum his departure would create, the party has been preparing for this eventuality for years. To the point of choosing someone whom many experts and party insiders consider to be his designated, though undeclared successor: Hachem...