Events Detail

Lebanon on the Brink? Syria and the Uncertain Future of Lebanon's Democracy

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          Wurmser, Farha, Badran and Schenker

Monday, December 17, 2007, 12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Hudson Institute

The Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Room

1015 15th Street, NW

6th Floor

Washington, DC 20005

The assassination of Brigadier General Francois Al-Hajj marks the first act of violence in Lebanon since the end of President Emile Lahoud's term and the country's ensuing political impasse over his succession. Despite general agreement between pro and anti-Syrian factions that General Michel Suleiman will fill the vacant presidency, infighting has delayed a parliamentary vote for the eighth time. While the country has been embroiled in a political crisis amid ongoing political assassinations since 2005, is the country teetering on the brink of sectarian violence? How can we understand Syria's role in Lebanon's recent political climate? How should U.S. and European allies proceed? What can be expected for Lebanon's fledgling democracy?

Panel Discussion

DAVID SCHENKER, Senior Fellow in Arab Politics, Washington Institute for Near Policy

ADIB FARHA, Senior Policy Adviser, American Lebanese Coalition

TONY BADRAN, Research Fellow, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy

Moderator

MEYRAV WURMSER, Director for the Center for Middle East Policy,Hudson Institute

For more information please contact Jean Weicher at jeannie@hudson.org or call 202-974-2425.