Value proposition

Inaugurated in 2006, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut is an independent, research-based, policy-oriented institute. It aims to initiate and develop policy-relevant research in and about the Arab region. The institute is committed to expanding and deepening knowledge production and to creating a space for the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas among researchers, civil society actors, and policy-makers.

Our Goals:

•Enhancing and broadening public policy- related debate and knowledge production in the Arab world and the region.
•Contributing to a better understanding of the Arab world within shifting international and global contexts.
•Providing a space to enrich the quality of interaction among scholars, officials and civil society actors in and about the Arab world.
•Disseminating knowledge and making it accessible to policy-makers, media, research communities, and the general public.