The National Interest Foundation invites you to attend our lunch discussion regarding the one-year anniversary of the Caesar Act sanctions against the Syrian regime.   Speakers Colonel Joel Rayburn, Former Special Envoy for Syria, current Special Advisor for Middle East affairs to U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Levant Affairs and…

The National Interest Foundation invites you to attend our lunch discussion regarding the latest developments in Idlib as the Syrian revolution nears its decade-long milestone.   Speakers   Hassan Hassan, Center for Global Policy Charles Lister, Middle East Institute Jennifer Cafarella, Institute for the Study of War   Moderator   Hamdi Rifai, Council of United Syrians & Americans  …

The National Interest Foundation invites you to attend our lunch discussion regarding the recently proposed Trump Mideast Peace Plan.   About our Speakers:    Dr. Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development and Director of the Critical Issues Poll at the University of Maryland. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Before coming…

In the coming months, perhaps weeks, Germany plans to hold a UN-backed international conference on the future of Libya. Despite two previous European conferences on Libya in the last year, one in Palermo and another in Paris, warlord Khalifa Haftar and his allies continue to use military means to capture power in Libya. Regional players…

The National Interest Foundation invites you to attend our lunch discussion on Egypt with Dr. Amr Darrag. About our Speaker: Dr. Amr Darrag served as Egypt’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. In 2014, he established and is currently Chairman of "The Egyptian Institute for Political and Strategic Studies" a think tank based in Istanbul,…