Articles
Strategic Military–Security Memorandum
The New Syrian Administration as an Effective Security Partner in Combating ISIS Prepared by: Karam Khalil Senior Political & Security Advisor – Middle East Stand Up America US Foundation Executive Summary This memorandum is grounded in a central premise: the...
Hezbollah: From the Myth of “Resistance” to Iran’s Regional Occupation Tool
A Strategic Assessment of the Militia’s Decline and the Shifting Balance of Power in the Levant By Karam Khalil Senior Political & Security Advisor - Stand Up America US Foundation Executive Summary Hezbollah’s armed presence is no longer a Lebanese internal...
How Decisions Are Made in Washington: An Institutional Reading for Those Who See Syria as a Partner, Not an Adversary
By: Senior Advisor Karam Khalil In the United States, policy is not produced by a single individual; it is produced by the institutional state through checks and balances, cycles of assessment, objection, and consensus. Whoever understands this machinery as it is—not...
Deconstructing the Naghm Issa Operation: How Manufactured Panic Seeds Sectarian Mobilization—and How to Shut It Down
By Karam Khalil — Senior Advisor for Syria & the Middle East, Stand Up America US Deconstructing the Naghm Issa Operation: How Manufactured Panic Seeds Sectarian Mobilization—and How to Shut It Down Executive Brief Established facts: Naghm Yehya Issa, an Alawite...
Official Statement by Karam Khalil – Senior Advisor October 17, 2025
Karam Khalil Senior Advisor, Central Committee for the Syrian Renaissance Plan Middle East Representative – Stand Up America US Foundation Damascus – October 17, 2025 As part of the ongoing efforts under the Syrian Renaissance Plan 2025, the Syrian state reaffirms its...
