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IRI Expert Explains How Lebanon Can Avoid Becoming...
Can Lebanon Avert its Slow Death? The Hill Patricia Karam As it deals with COVID-19, the aftermath of…
IRI Expert Advises Against Power Sharing in Afghan...
Afghanistan Should be Wary of a Government with Power Sharing The Hill Patricia Karam While the peace talks…
IRI Expert Analyzes Protests in Lebanon Ahead of O...
Lebanese Revolution Comes Full Circle with the First Anniversary The Hill Patricia Karam The return of former…
IRI Expert Examines the Potential for Reform in Le...
With Little Hope for Reform, Lebanon Continues Down the Road to Ruin World Politics Review Patricia Karam BEIRUT—With yet another…
IRI Expert Examines Hezbollah and the Future of Le...
The Roadway to Reform in Lebanon Must Tackle the Issue of Hezbollah The Hill Patricia Karam Only…
IRI Expert Analyzes the Corrupt Political System i...
Can Lebanon Rebuild Not Just Beirut, but Its Broken Political System? World Politics Review Patricia Karam The devastating…
IRI Honors Former Secretary of State James Baker w...
IRI honored former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III with its 2011 Freedom Award for his exemplary public service…
Women Leaders Attend WDN’s International Women’s D...
This year’s Women’s Democracy Network’s (WDN) annual International Women’s Day (IWD) conference brought together some of WDN’s most active members…
WDN Honors Frances Fragos Townsend and Sherry Rehm...
The Women’s Democracy Network (WDN) held its annual Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award dinner on February 28, 2011, honoring those who…
IRI Hosts Conference Examining the Future of Polit...
Exploring ground for further cooperation between the center-right political parties of the Atlantic community and moderate Muslim parties of the…
IRI Hosts Election Observers for U.S. Mid-term Ele...
The International Republican Institute (IRI) hosted a delegation of prominent political party members from the Middle East and North Africa…