We're joined by Emile Hokayem for Episode 39 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss external and internal concerns facing Lebanon today, and how regional and domestic politics play a key role in resolving Lebanon's structural problems.

Emile Hokayem is a senior fellow for Middle East security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and writes extensively on security matters and inter/intra-state politics and conflict. His writings and commentary have featured in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Economics, the Wall Street Journal, BBC, NPR among other outlets.

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