 “Our
objective is for the Institute to become a respected think-tank
addressing major public policy questions in Lebanon and the
region as a whole.”
John Waterbury, President, AUBThe Issam Fares Institute
for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the
American University of Beirut (AUB) was inaugurated in 2006
to harness the policy-related research of AUB’s
internationally
respected faculty and other scholars, in order to contribute
positively to Arab policy-making and international
relations.
IFI is a neutral, dynamic, civil, and open space that
brings together people representing all viewpoints in
society. It aims to: raise the quality of public
policy-related debate and decision-making in the Arab World
and abroad; enhance the Arab World’s input into
international affairs; and, enrich the quality of
interaction among scholars, officials and civil society
actors in the Middle East and abroad.
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