Randa Slim

@rmslim

Lebanese-American; Senior Fellow & Director of Conflict Resolution & Track II Dialogues Program & Non-Resident Fellow FPI

OH, Washington DC & Beirut
Joined February 2011
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  1. 9 minutes ago

    Kudos for to bring on his show. A smart and knowledgeable expert of & dynamics! I also appreciate hearing & . Voices from the region in the region talking about the region.

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  2. 12 hours ago

    Already?

    Government falls in Tunisia after no-confidence vote
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  3. 13 hours ago

    Dear Journalists: we need all your efforts focused on this summit. The future of the planet hangs on the decisions made at this summit. Thank you.

    The British royal family will meet Monday to discuss the future of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after the couple announced this week they would step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family, a palace source told CNN. …
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    23 hours ago

    We’re delighted that Hafsa is joining MEI. She will be a valued member of the MEI team dedicated to bringing credible, authentic voices to the challenge of understanding today’s evolving Middle East.

    I'm not one to "plug myself", but happy to announce I've recently joined as a non-resident fellow, in the company of some of the strongest voices on MENA. Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to new challenges, and engaging with all at MEI.
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    The demonstrators in Baghdad and Iraq’s southern cities yesterday continued their anti-Iranian chants. They know it is Iran that is pulling Iraq into conflict with the US.

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  6. 21 hours ago

    Maybe experts who appear on TV & say Suleiman is hero to Arab Shia without any expertise whatsoever in Arab societal dynamics should focus first on how Soleimani is treated at home.

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    Only a few days ago many pundits and analysts were suggesting Iranians will rally around the flag post citing the "size of the crowds at the funeral" as evidence!…
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  7. Jan 11

    Time and again it is clear the Kurds are the true friends has in .

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  8. Jan 11

    Explains well why AAM will keep pushing this issue of force removal to stay in power. AAM Political opportunism will do serious damage to US-Iraqi relations & to .

    هنالك محاولات جارية لإعادة تدوير عادل عبد المهدي و ابقائه في مكانه اما عبر تكليفه بتشكيل حكومة جديدة او عبر إبقاء الحال على ماهو عليه : حكومة تسمى بحكومة تصريف الأعمال لكنها تقوم بكل المهام التي تضطلع بها حكومة عادية (ويمكنهم اختراع تكييف دستوري لذلك عند الحاجة ).
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  9. Jan 11

    This.

    هنالك محاولات جارية لإعادة تدوير عادل عبد المهدي و ابقائه في مكانه اما عبر تكليفه بتشكيل حكومة جديدة او عبر إبقاء الحال على ماهو عليه : حكومة تسمى بحكومة تصريف الأعمال لكنها تقوم بكل المهام التي تضطلع بها حكومة عادية (ويمكنهم اختراع تكييف دستوري لذلك عند الحاجة ).
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  10. Jan 11

    after made sure not to provoke retaliation it will turn to its proxies, order them to attack US assets while denying role in attacks. Which they will do the pliant subjects they are. Arabs will then suffer brunt of retaliation.

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    in an exclusive report shows the extent of the damage caused by ballestic missiles targeting alAssad air base in western …
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    Jan 11

    Why did Sultan choose ? He resembles him. (1) A quiet character. (2) An Anglophile ( foreign service program graduate). (3) A tried administrator with decades of gov work in foreign affairs & heritage+culture; special envoy; & resp for Vision 2040.

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    Jan 10

    Senior Iranian reformist: I’m ashamed Wish I would die

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  13. Jan 10

    Excellent analysis of the latest state of play on request to remove forces. US will get out eventually. Question is how this could be done without harming future - relations? &

    Trump administration refuses to heed Iraq’s call for U.S. troop withdrawal, from and
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  14. Jan 10

    I am very pleased to welcome 2 outstanding experts to the scholar roster: Shahla Al-Kli & Hafsa Halawa.

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  15. Jan 10

    Very pleased to have Dr Shahla Al-Kli join as a non resident scholar.

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  16. Jan 10

    Supported by few experts who sprang to the regime defense. Wonder how these experts feel now.

    Iran admits it unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane, after days of angrily rejecting this as a malicious conspiracy theory spread by enemies of the Islamic Republic.
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    Jan 10

    General Staff of 's Armed Forces has issues a statement saying that the plane was "unintentionally" hit by a military site & based on "human error". The statement has offered "apology" to the families of victims & foreign nationals.

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  18. Jan 10

    What a tragedy to all the victims who lost their lives and their loved ones!

    BREAKING: admits shooting down the Ukrainian Airplane says human error, accidental, the plane turned toward an IRGC military base.
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  19. Jan 10

    Excellent thread on succession

    THREAD ON OMANI SUCCESSION. Sultan Qaboos appointed a Prime Minister in 1970-71 (his uncle, Tariq bin Taimur) and married (briefly) in 1976 but did not have issue. It is the…
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  20. Jan 10

    The succession process has been shrouded in secrecy.

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    army and security are deployed in the streets as the Royal Court announces the Sultan’s death
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  21. Jan 10

    RIP Sultan of

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    Jan 10

    , you go from strength to strength with appointments like this - well done and congratulations on a good choice indeed with

    I'm not one to "plug myself", but happy to announce I've recently joined as a non-resident fellow, in the company of some of the strongest voices on MENA. Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to new challenges, and engaging with all at MEI.
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  23. Jan 10

    very happy to have join as a non resident fellow.

    I'm not one to "plug myself", but happy to announce I've recently joined as a non-resident fellow, in the company of some of the strongest voices on MENA. Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to new challenges, and engaging with all at MEI.
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  24. Jan 10

    Being circulated around

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  25. Jan 10

    This is what matters folks. Forget about all the other news. The future of the planet hangs on thisgetting resolved.

    On the Royal family split, : "The Queen has knocked heads together it seems and has got her son Prince Charles and grandson Prince William talking to Prince Harry's team and trying to come up with a solution, a deal may emerge within days."
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  26. Jan 10

    Advice to officials: stop pushing issue of force removal publicly. Tone down rhetoric. Let diplomats on both sides work out in closed rooms a timetable& framework that meet 2 sides’ interests. Critical is 2disentangle request from demands

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  27. Jan 10

    و من شر البلية ما يضحك

    بنك بحاجة لموظف عالصندوق خبرة ٣ سنين كاراتيه
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  28. Jan 10

    Cc : still doubtful about what really happened to the plane?

    CBS crew just visited the airlines crash site west of Tehran. Nine am local time. Virtually all pieces of the plane were removed yesterday - say locals. Scavengers now picking site clean. No security. Not…
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    CBS crew just visited the airlines crash site west of Tehran. Nine am local time. Virtually all pieces of the plane were removed yesterday - say locals. Scavengers now picking site clean. No security. Not cordoned off. No sign of any investigators.

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    Jan 10

    Dijlah TV cameraman Safaa Ghali succumbs to his wounds after an assassination attempt for covering the .

    المصور صفاء غالي يلحق بزميله أحمد عبد الصمد بعد أن أصيبه معه.
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    Jan 10

    Footage confirms the crash site has been totally cleared of debris, prior to crash investigators being able to conduct a thorough investigation

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    Footage filmed on Friday shows the current state of the site where Ukrainian Airlines crashed in Tehran. Several vehicles and locals can seen on site and virtually all wreckage from the crashed plane has been removed.
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    Jan 10

    Video a few hours before his assassination, Ahmed Abdul Samad: 1/3 : "Arbitrary arrests in Basra among protesters. How come there were no arrests when they protested against America? Do we all know now who the 3rd party is? "

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    قل كلمتكَ وامشِ.. الصحافي العراقي في آخر فيديو له خلال التظاهرات اليوم قبل العثور عليه مقتولاً.. الخلود للشهداء والأحرار
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  33. Jan 10

    She will be a candidate in next parliamentary elections.

    Zaynab Suleimani, daughter of Qassem Suleimani, addressed Friday prayers in her hometown of Kerman this morning while holding a rifle and bayonet
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  34. Jan 10

    She is making it clear that if we leave so will financial & economic assistance.

    to : We’re staying.
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  35. Jan 10

    Despite the PR campaign mounted by regime, consensus emerging among intel agencies point in direction of an accidental downing by an missile. Advice to experts: do not lend credence to a narrative that is being discredited by the minute.

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  36. Jan 10

    Unless you want to hide evidence

    This is NOT what a crash site should look like barely 2 days after an unresolved incident.
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    Jan 10

    Iraqi president requests that US State Department send delegation to Iraq to apply mechanisms for the withdrawal of foreign forces.

    رئيس الحكومة العراقية يطلب من وزير الخارجية الأميركي إرسال مندوبين إلى العراق لوضع آليات تطبيق قرار مجلس النواب بانسحاب القوات الأجنبية من البلاد
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  38. Jan 10

    Hopeful news from

    Quite a bit of bad news on these days. BUT THERE IS ALSO GOOD NEWS. Official kickoff today of in and . Netherlands Embassy and Consulate support young Iraqi…
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  39. Jan 10

    What a liar!

    Banks solvent but foreign support needed: Salameh
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    Jan 9

    A lot of the online posters going round among pro-/ circles bear striking resemblance to Hollywood film ads - this 1 w/ a quote from Hassan : “Comeuppance; the eviction of American forces from our whole region for all this Ummah’s martyrs.”

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