• Roundtable Series on Political Developments in Lebanon and Syria

  Director:	Mohamad Bazzi, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  November 1, 2007 - Present

  The Roundtable Series on Political Developments in Lebanon and Syria explores crucial events and issues in the two countries and their impact on U.S. foreign policy. Among the questions being addressed are: How can Lebanon avoid its recurring cycle of violence and political paralysis, and what effects does this have on the wider region and on U.S. interests? Can Hezbollah be disarmed and fully integrated into the Lebanese political system? Are there alternatives for the sectarian-based political system in Lebanon, and what can the United States do to promote them? What factors should shape U.S. policy toward Syria? And can Syria be pressed into playing a more constructive role in the region?

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Roundtable Series on Political Developments in Lebanon and Syria: Lebanon's Political Crisis and U.S. Policy Options

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  February 29, 2008

  Related Project: Roundtable Series on Political Developments in Lebanon and Syria

  Presider:	Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
  Speaker:	Rami Khouri, Director, Isaam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut, Editor-at-Large, The Daily Star

   

  The Roundtable Series on Political Developments in Lebanon and Syria: A Conversation with John Waterbury

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  November 13, 2007

  Related Project: Roundtable Series on Political Developments in Lebanon and Syria

  Presider:	Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
  Speaker:	John Waterbury, President, American University of Beirut

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  Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action

  Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.

  The United States in the New Asia

  For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.

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  New Books

  Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.

  

  In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.

  In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.

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  James M. Lindsay
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