[LCM Events] TODAY! 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
>

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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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