[LCM Articles] Arab Reform / Syrian Plot

[Walid Georges Chamoun]

THE WORLD THIS WEEK from the COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
June 10, 2005 


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CFR INDEPENDENT TASK FORCE ON ARAB REFORM

An independent, bipartisan Council Task Force co-chaired by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Congressman Vin Weber (R-Minn.) concludes the United States should support the evolutionary development of democracy consistently throughout the Middle East.

· Report: "In Support of Arab Democracy: Why and How"
· Washington Post Op-Ed: "The Right Path to Arab Democracy" by Albright and Weber
· News Release: "Bipartisan Task Force Endorses Democracy Promotion"


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U.S.: "CREDIBLE" INFORMATION POINTS TO SYRIAN PLOT TO KILL LEBANESE OFFICIALS

· Q&A: What's the significance of Lebanon's parliamentary elections?
· Backgrounder: What is Hezbollah?
· Council Book: The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Peace and Prosperity, by Morton H. Halperin, Joseph Siegle and Michael M. Weinstein


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