We're joined by David Kenner for Episode 76 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss local economic demands vs the regional political status quo, and US policy vis-a-vis the current uprising.

David is a former Middle East editor at Foreign Policy magazine and is a current fellow at the Institute of Current World Affairs.

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