In this episode, Alex Hall Hall talks to Tom Fletcher, the former British Ambassador to Lebanon. Tom and Alex discuss the Palestinian refugee and surrounding Arab states narratives as an entry point to examine whether there’s any risk of the war spreading. They delve deeper into: the rationale for humanitarian de-escalation, the interests and motives of players like Lebanon, Hezbollah and Iran, and what international actors like the UK, the US and the UN need to be doing to stabilize the situation, and how they can be working towards longer term solutions. 

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Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com

Producer: George McDonagh 

Exec Producer: Neil Fearn 

Show Notes Links 

Read Tom Fletcher’s writing around this issue at here 

You can listen to Jason’s take on the regional context on the PREVAIL podcast here

You can read current Alex’s writing around this issue here

Read, As dark as things seem, the war in Gaza could end up restarting the peace process here

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