 “Our objective is for the Institute to become a respected think-tank addressing major public policy questions in Lebanon and the region as a whole.”
John Waterbury, President, AUB
The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) was inaugurated in 2006 to harness the policy-related research of AUB’s internationally
respected faculty and other scholars, in order to contribute positively to Arab policy-making and international relations.
IFI is a neutral, dynamic, civil, and open space that brings together people representing all viewpoints in society. It aims to: raise the quality of public policy-related debate and decision-making in the Arab World and abroad; enhance the Arab World’s input into international affairs; and, enrich the quality of interaction among scholars, officials and civil society actors in the Middle East and abroad.
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