0:00 Intro

2:00 Last Chance for Serious Reform

10:23 Affecting Change in Lebanon

18:36 Early 1990s

25:21 Real Possibility for Breakdown

32:15 Can Anything Else Be Done?

37:58 External Players & Reform

45:37 Persistent Pressure

We're with Alia Moubayed and Jessica Obeid for Episode 2143 of The Beirut Banyan.

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We discuss key components necessary for reform and compare the current political and economic crisis to the early 1990s as Lebanon emerged from civil war.

We examine the geo-economic factors related to unlocking CEDRE funds and a potential IMF bailout. We also talk about the survivability of the political class and whether - in the long run - time is on Lebanon's side.

Alia Moubayed is an economist and Jessica Obeid is an energy consultant.

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Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.