David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. He is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute's Rubin Family Arab Politics Program, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant.
Robert Satloff is the Segal Executive Director of The Washington Institute, a post he assumed in January 1993.
Brief Analysis
Join us for a special webcast on Lebanon; watch live starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Three months after the signing of the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement, progress toward implementing that breakthrough deal has slowed. But hope remains that, with American support, the opportunity will not be lost to disarm and dismantle Hezbollah, extend Lebanese government sovereignty throughout the entire country, and finally end decades of conflict between the two nations.
To discuss how to take advantage of the opportunity to secure a hopeful future for Lebanon, The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a virtual conversation with Samir Geagea. An outspoken critic of Hezbollah and Iran’s interference in his country, he is the leader of the predominantly Christian "Lebanese Forces" party, which has the largest contingent in parliament.
Also participating in the conversation will be:
David Schenker, The Washington Institute’s Taube Senior Fellow, director of its Rubin Program on Arab Politics, and former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs during the first Trump administration.
Hanin Ghaddar, the Institute’s Friedmann Senior Fellow and coauthor (with Robert Satloff and Ehud Yaari) of its 2025 report “A Roadmap for Israel-Lebanon Peace.”
Robert Satloff, the Institute’s Segal Executive Director and Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy.
The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Winkler Lowy Foundation.
