This research investigates the role of the Armenian diaspora in Lebanon in the different phases of what conflict resolution theorists sometimes call the conflict cycle. This study has normative and policy objectives. It demonstrates how the Armenian community in Lebanon found ways to encourage peaceful resolution of the ethnic conflict through its active and positive intervention; and how it used its leverage in the different stages of the conflict in the sense of constructive intervention. Although they had different ideologies and approaches, the Armenian political parties were more united on the objective of keeping Lebanon united, democratic and sovereign because only in such a political system Armenian identity would be better preserved. In addition to its positive role in peace making, I also trace the capacity (i.e. agency) and the transnational opportunities (i.e. structure) of the Armenian diaspora. Little attention has been paid to how the Armenian diaspora maintained its identity and belonging in the host country and how it left an impact on the structure and behaviour of the Lebanese conflict. My main aim in this study is to redress this anomaly and present the Armenian diaspora as an important political actor with a clear impact on Lebanese politics in general and on conflict behaviour in particular. In addition, when threatened by the internal Lebanese groups, the diaspora used its contacts and exchanges (financial, political, cultural and even military) with the homeland (Armenia) and its fellow diasporic groups in other host countries to protect itself and play the role of mediator. Adopting the policy of positive neutrality, the diaspora succeeded in encouraging and promoting mutual Lebanese?Armenian interests and that these interests could only be realized by dialogue and reconciliation. This meant that the diaspora possessed resources and had access to the host government, international media and had an influence well beyond Lebanon.