Cari has participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and has been published on foreign policy issues by various publications, including "The Financial Times", "World Policy Journal", "Beirut Daily News", "New York Times", "Chicago Sun Times" and the "Chicago Tribune". He previously served as chairman of the board of directors of the World Policy Institute and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York). Additionally, Cari is also a member of the Wilson Council of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. and is chairman of the advisory board of the Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles). He also lectures on foreign policy and US presidential politics at the Lebanese American University (Beirut, Lebanon), Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles) and Villanova University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).