When elections don’t matter? How new parliamentarians can improve the politics of power-sharing arrangements
Jul 19, 2022Power-sharing arrangements remain a paradoxical phenomenon. As a powerful tool to stop the guns of conflict, they tend to kill the ingredients for peace by preventing politics from changing. Three countries with such arrangements have recently held elections in which outcomes have — ostensibly — led to such political change. Change, however, has yet to materialize and so far the elections have brought more of a perennial companion of power-sharing arrangements: political gridlock.
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About the Director
Christophe Abi-Nassif
Christophe Abi-Nassif is the acting Lebanon program director at MEI and a dual-degree graduate student at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Advisory Council
The Lebanon Program Advisory Council provides guidance on matters related to the program’s strategy, potential areas of focus, and overall direction. Council members bring a wealth of experience in their respective fields and help raise program visibility and outreach.
Ray Debbane
Nijad I. Fares
Edward M. Gabriel
Lemy Gresh
Majida Mourad
May Nasrallah
Nick Rahall
Omar Slim
Jacques J. Tohme
Mona Yacoubian
Bassam Yammine
Lebanon Program Experts
Sami Atallah
Non-Resident Scholar
Amer Bisat
Non-Resident Scholar
Karim Bitar
Non-Resident Scholar
Marcel Cassard
Non-Resident Scholar
Ishac Diwan
Non-Resident Scholar
Mona Fawaz
Non-Resident Scholar
Rima Majed
Non-Resident Scholar
Firas Maksad
Director of Strategic Outreach, Senior Fellow
Jessica Obeid
Non-Resident Scholar
Bilal Y. Saab
Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Defense and Security Program
Nasser Saidi
Non-Resident Scholar
Paul Salem
President and CEO
Randa Slim
Senior Fellow and Director of Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues ProgramNo events are currently scheduled for this program. Subscribe to our mailing list to receive notification of events as they are added to the calendar.
