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Publication created on 01/23/2024 - 10:34 by in NESA
Overview:
Years of political instability in combination with an ongoing economic crisis — exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the explosion in the Port of Beirut in August 2020 — have brought the country close to collapse. Moreover, the current institutional vacuum (with no president and... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 12/20/2023 - 12:37 by in NESA
As a follow-up to the Washington Embassy Orientation, a NESA Center team was invited to the Lebanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., to discuss future partnering and a restart of a Lebanese National Defense University (NDU). On 13 December 2023, NESA Center Professors Richard Wiersema and Jennifer... Read more...
Publication created on 12/12/2023 - 10:30 by in NESA
The NESA Center July – October 2023 Update focuses on Levant region trends.
The update also highlights July through October NESA Center programs and events, faculty and staff engagements, alumni contributions, and a calendar with upcoming events.
Regional Trends – The Levant... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 08/08/2023 - 10:46 by in NESA
The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, in partnership with the Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies (TASAM), a leading Turkish think-tank, held a roundtable discussion in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 17–19 July 2023. Scholars from Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait... Read more...
Publication created on 06/07/2023 - 12:48 by in NESA
Subject: Capt. America vs Capt. Agon (The Billion-Dollar Bargaining Chip for the Syrian Republic of Captagon)
Purpose: This paper aims to present the CSAG’s analysis regarding how the Captagon drug industry in Syria affects the region and what the US/CENTCOM could do to consolidate its...... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 05/01/2023 - 11:08 by in NESA
From April 10–14, 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted a seminar titled “An Evolving World Order” at National Defense University (NDU) in Washington, DC. The program was designed to provide an academic setting in which these officers could examine ideas relating... Read more...
Publication created on 04/26/2023 - 12:27 by in NESA
Subject: Hezbollah’s “Financial Pyramid”.
Purpose: This paper is the third in a series about Hezbollah. The aim is to present the results of the CSAG’s analysis of the principle of “following Hezbollah’s money”. It reveals Hezbollah’s financial activities in the region and...... Read more...
Publication created on 03/21/2023 - 16:49 by in NESA
On 14 March 2023, Ahram Online published NESA Center alumna Eman Ragab's opinion piece titled "Women in entrepreneurship."
"Policymakers who want to empower women in the Arab region need to look more closely at the access enjoyed by women entrepreneurs to digital and other...... Read more...
Publication created on 02/24/2023 - 15:26 by in NESA
Subject: The Earthquake – Catalyst for dynamic change in Syria.
Purpose: This paper presents CSAG’s summary analysis of the geopolitical and military evolution of the main actors in Syria following the February 2023 earthquake.
Read the full paper here
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Publication created on 02/24/2023 - 15:17 by in NESA
Subject: Hezbollah – IRGC’s main coordinating tool in the Middle East.
Purpose: This paper aims to present the results of the CSAG’s analysis of Hezbollah as the main coordinator for Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) actions in the ME. It highlights Hezbollah’s regional activities,...... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 02/08/2023 - 12:42 by in NESA
From 23–27 January 2023, the NESA Center hosted foreign military officers assigned to U.S. Central Command in Tampa and embassy officials in Washington D.C. for an International Military Officers’ Forum (IMOF) titled “The Biden Administration and Global Security.” NESA Center experts... Read more...
Publication created on 02/01/2023 - 13:02 by in NESA
Scholars from across Middle East Institute (MEI) weigh in on the outlook for 2023, covering key events, issues, and trends to watch in the Middle East and North Africa this year.
Read the briefing on the MEI website
Read the briefing as a PDF
The views presented in this article are...... Read more...
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Publier created on 11/11/2022 - 17:57 by in NESA
At the most recent National Council on US Arab Relations policy maker's conference, I chaired a panel on defense issues. Other panelists were Brigadier Nawaf al-Thani, the former Qatari attache to Washington, and Colonel Abbas Dahouk, the former US attache in Riyadh.
The panel... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 10/06/2022 - 16:24 by in NESA
From 12-14 September 2022, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies organized a roundtable discussion on security in the Mediterranean Sea in Rabat, Morocco. Scholars and representatives of civil society from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey attended... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 05/02/2022 - 16:38 by in NESA
The NESA Center hosted the Lebanese Armed Forces for a Lebanon Fouad Shehab Command & Staff College Program titled “Back to Basics: U.S. Security Partnerships in the Middle East” from 18 to 22 April 2022.
This seminar explored the enduring issues and values that can reinforce or challenge...... Read more...
Nouvelles created on 08/04/2016 - 00:00 by in DIILS
BEIRUT, 29 July 2016 - DIILS completed a Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law seminar attended by 17 officers of the Lebanese Armed Forces. This three-day seminar focused on the impact of human rights law and international humanitarian law on domestic and international military...... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 09/05/2014 - 09:04 by in DIILS
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - DIILS recently conducted a Section 1206 human rights seminar in Lebanon on the Law of Armed Conflict and International Human Rights Law for members of the Lebanese Armed Forces. This Congressionally-mandated seminar focused on emerging legal issues and the... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 06/19/2014 - 12:40 by in DIILS
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From 12-16 May, 2014, the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) conducted aHuman Rights and Law of Armed Conflict engagement with the Lebanese Armed Forces in Beirut,Lebanon. This engagement, part of ongoing U.S. engagement with Lebanon, is designed toenhance Lebanese armed... Read more...
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Folder created on 06/19/2014 - 12:33 by in DIILS
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