A Strategy to Win in Lebanon - Middle East Institute

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Lebanon stands to be America’s next foreign policy win — if Washington chooses to claim it.

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A Strategy to Win
in Lebanon
Edited by Fadi Nicholas Nassar

This report outlines an actionable US roadmap to win in Lebanon, comprising eight chapters of specific policy interventions across the security, economic, and political dimensions needed to secure a sovereign Lebanon, lock in US gains against Iran, and permanently end the Israel-Lebanon conflict.

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Report Essays

Lebanon Is Washington's Next Win

Fadi Nicholas Nassar

Setting the Lebanese Armed Forces Up for Success

Kenneth M. Pollack

Operationalizing the Trilateral Framework Agreement

Matthew Levitt

Hizballah's Deep State: The Real Challenge of Disarmament in Lebanon

Hanin Ghaddar

From Player to Referee: Dismantling the Culture of Entitlement and Cartelization in Lebanon

Walid Marrouch

Owning the Recovery: Supporting Lebanese-Led Reconstruction Without Repeating the Past

Ferid Belhaj

Lebanon-Israel Border Disputes: A Guide for American Mediation

Frederic C. Hof

Achieving a Permanent End to the Israel-Lebanon Conflict

David Hale

Lebanon Is Washington’s Next Win

Setting the Lebanese Armed Forces Up for Success