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Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) aims to harness the policy-related research of AUB's internationally respected faculty in order to achieve several goals: to raise the quality of public policy-related debate and decision-making in the Arab World and abroad, to enhance the Arab World's input into international affairs, and to enrich the quality of interaction among scholars, officials and civil society actors in the Middle East and abroad.

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WPS #15: Emerging Powers and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Case of Brazil and Venezuella
Guy Burton
IFI Youth in the Arab World Background Paper entitled: "Nabiha 5: " Kuwaiti Youth Movement for Political Reform" by F.Gregory Gause.
WPS #14: The Legacy of Sectarian Consociationalism and the Transition to a Fully-fledged Democracy
Samir Makdisi and Youssef El-Khalil
AUB's President Emeritus and IFI's Distinguished Senior Public Policy Fellow, John Waterbury writes a paper in the Arab Human Development Report Paper Series (AHDR) on the "Political economy of climate change in the Arab region". AHDR is a publication of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The paper is available in both English and Arabic and can be accessed on the following link: http://www.arab-hdr.org/resources/paperseries.aspx |||English ||| Arabic
BENGHAZI SO FAR: A View From Inside The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) by Georges Nasr, Senior Political Officer and Head of Office in Benghazi for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
International Intervention in Lebanon and Beyond a series covered by Maureen Ali. Read more
In an interview for IFI, “Insight into the UN in Libya” - Dr. Tarek Mitri, Senior Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI), speaks about his new post as the Special Representative to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
IFI launched the Arab Public Policy Roundtable which aims to explore key elements of the “civil state”. This is the first roundtable discussion among several upcoming roundtable discussions. It was moderated by Dr. Tarek Mitri, with the participation of academics, researchers, and experts. Read the summary of the roundtable discussion which was organized on the 4th of September.

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Read quotes from MEI faculty Stephen Walt, Juliette Kayyem and Rami Khouri on Iraq in the Belfer Center newsletter. http://tinyurl.com/d4meh3m
Check out IFI Newsletter Issue #16
Check out IFI Newsletter Issue #15
Karim Makdisi, IFI Associate Director and Faculty Research Director, participated in the "Athens Dialogue on establishing in the Middle East a Zone Free of Mass Destruction and their Means of Delivery", that took place on the 14-16 November 2012, at the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) premises in Greece. The Conference, organized by La Trobe University’s Center for Dialogue (Melbourne, Australia), brought together a number of experts, scholars, former diplomats, and civil society leaders in a discussion about a Nuclear Free Middle East, generating new ideas and networks. Check out the full report.
Within the framework of the Arab Public Policy Roundtable, a second session on the civil state was organized on February 21st after the first round table being held in September. Number of academicians and researchers participated in this session which aimed at discussing the aspired nature of states in light of current events happening in the Arab World nowadays. Read Full report: Arabic - English will be available soon.
IFI Director Rami G. Khouri will discuss “The U.S. Role in the Middle East" at the University of Delaware. Read more ||| Video
IFI Director Rami G. Khouri talks about the Arab Awakening and the Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead at The Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center - USA - invitation on Friday March 8, 2013. Video

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