ARI held its annual Plenary meeting in Beiteddine, Lebanon on May 31st to discuss overall activities, assess the state of the debate on democracy in the region, analyze new expression and forms of protest, and to define future directions for the network’s research.
The Arab Reform Initiative is a consortium of fifteen key policy research centers from the Arab world with partners from Europe and the United States, working to mobilize the Arab research capacity to advance knowledge and promote a home grown program for democratic reform.