Co-Sponsored by the Aspen Institute US-Lebanon Dialogue and the Lebanon Renaissance Foundation, Lebanon: Swing State of a New Levant engaged senior political figures and policy experts from the U.S., Lebanon, and the region on a new era of U.S.-Lebanon relations, Lebanon’s pivotal role in the region, and the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections. Featuring Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State (1997-2001); Jeffrey Feltman, Dep. Asst. Secretary of State for Near East Affairs; Simon Karam, Former Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S.; Martin Indyk, Director, Saban Center, Brookings Institute; Theodore Kattouf, President, AMIDEAST.