May 21, 4:30 PM
Carnegie Middle East Center, Downtown Beirut
In his 2004 “Aaskar Aala Meen” Samir Kassir explains and decries the control of intelligence services and security apparatuses over the political, public and social life in the Arab world. After the 2010-2011 Arab uprisings against dictatorships and the subsequent rise and demise of Islamist forces, the military is playing again a fundamental role; Egypt being the clearest example. The panel will discuss the perspectives of democratization in the Middle East and the relationship between the political class and the military in nascent democracies.
Panel discussion
with Rania Barrak (Military Academy – Tunisia), Farea Al-Muslimi (Carnegie Middle East Center – Yemen), Jean Oghassabian
(Member of Parliament – Lebanon) and Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie Middle East
Center – Palestine). Moderated by Nabil Bou Monsef (An-Nahar – Lebanon).