0:00 Intro

3:20 Dearborn

22:42 Foundational Flaw

41:47 Fundamental Disagreement

59:55 Force & Pressure

1:05:52 Biden Campaign

1:10:13 Direct or Indirect Support

1:24:48 Coup D'Etat

We're with Nicholas Noe for Episode 217 of The Beirut Banyan.

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https://youtu.be/A84uohN9HIg

We discuss US foreign policy towards Lebanon, and reflect on potential changes should the Biden campaign win the upcoming US elections.

We also talk about Hezbollah's political and military role in Lebanon and the region and debate the Trump administration's recent positions towards Lebanon.

Our conversation unpacks disagreements we share over Hezbollah's role in Lebanese affairs.

Nicholas Noe is a political advisor (currently on leave) at the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. He is a 2020 Fellow at the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, and co-founder of MideastWire.

The article we discuss in the episode is accessible here:

https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/68378/PB_2020_35_MED.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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