In memory of Milan Kundera.

Episode 369: 'Einmal ist keinmal' with Ambassador Andreas Kindl, taped live at Aaliya's Books.

Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/4kTJ34QGw9c

A conversation that explores the day-to-day affairs of Germany's Ambassador to Lebanon, divergency between local expectations and the job description at hand, communication with local actors on the one side and Germany's foreign ministry on the other (and how wider narratives are shaped when formulating policy and diplomacy), and measuring regional security implications with domestic agency, from the consequences of political violence to the Syrian refugee crisis.

Andreas Kindl is the German Ambassador to Lebanon.

"The Time to Act is Now" is accessible via the following link:

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1312839/the-time-to-act-is-now.html

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:25 Your role in Lebanon

11:37 Communication

20:11 Capabilities

24:19 Support

38:03 Policy

54:31 "The Time to Act is Now"

1:05:29 Security matters

1:19:35 Local actors

1:24:43 Syrian refugee crisis

1:37:27 Q&A

2:10:55 Highlights