[LCM Events] Lebanon: Consensus in Times of Enmity -- Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar

[Carine Abi Akar]

Lebanon: Consensus in Times of Enmity -- Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar

Speaker: Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of International Relations and
Anthropology, Boston University

Time: 4:30p–6:30p

Location: E51-145<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E51-145&mapsearch=go>

Lebanon: Consensus in Times of Enmity
Dr. Norton will discuss the role of political consensus and compromise in a
political setting that no one group or sect may dominate. Outside powers,
such as the US, have approached Lebanon at times as though a system of
majority rule could prevail, whereas the usual pattern is consensual
decision-making. He will analyze the rather unusual coalescence of several
communities, but particularly the Shi'a and the role of several key regional
players, including Israel, Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia; and compare the
role of these regional players to the role played by predecessors in the
pre-civil war period. Professor Norton will speculate on the likelihood of a
new war with Israel, and argue that, should a war occur, the result would
likely be almost certainly the opposite of what Israel might seek to
accomplish.

The Bustani Middle East Seminar is organized under the auspices of the MIT
Center for International Studies, which conducts research on contemporary
international issues and provides an opportunity for faculty and students to
share perspectives and exchange views. Each year the Bustani Seminar invites
scholars, journalists, consultants, and other experts from the Middle East,
Europe, and the United States to MIT to present recent research findings on
contemporary politics, society and culture, and economic and technological
development in the Middle East.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/cis/bustani/bustani2010fall.htm


-- 
Carine Abi Akar

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Class of 2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
cabiakar at mit.edu
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