NED WATCH- LEBANON IN CROSSHAIRS ,THE ZIONIST SAMI ATTALAH INTERVIEW  Video of the Day – Democracy Ideas: Sami Atallah Discusses Think Tanks in Lebanon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1TSGzGSKpc
In the video above, Sami Atallah speaks on the opportunities and challenges for think tanks in Lebanon. The interview comes from the International Forum for Democratic Studies Interview Series from the National Endowment for Democracy. Atallah is director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), a member institute of the Forum’s Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI), and he contributed to the recent report, “Democracy Think Tanks in Action: Translating Research into Policy in Young and Emerging Democracies.”
[ed notes; Prior to joining LCPS, he served as a consultant for the World Bank, the European Union, and the UNDP in Syria and Saudi Arabia, as well as with the Dubai Economic Council.