0:00 Intro

3:04 Are the big answers outside?

16:04 Multiple Assassinations

21:23 Sovereignty

30:12 Long-Term Investment

40:01 What can be done?

55:21 Media

1:07:53 My Father

We're with Mouafac Harb for Episode 248 of The Beirut Banyan.

Click to watch:

https://youtu.be/qlObTi8-s5Y

We discuss his recent The Daily Star piece "Victory Lap for Tehran in Lebanon" and lay out domestic components to the current political and economic crisis vs regional and international posturing that may be conducive to restoring Lebanon's sovereignty.

We also talk about Iran's long-term investment vis-a-vis Hezbollah, the shifting media landscape from conventional outlets to independent voices, and reflections of Mouafac running into my father weeks before his assassination.

Mouafac Harb is an advisor to MTV Lebanon and a contributor to The Daily Star.

The article referenced in this episode is accessible below:

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2021/Feb-22/517681-virtual-victory-lap-by-tehran-in-lebanon.ashx

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