Our guest on episode 34 of "Let's Talk" is Dr. Hicham Bou Nassif… he’s a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and an expert in Middle East Politics.

He’s written two books - Endgames: Military Response to Protest in Arab Autocracies and The Oxford Handbook of Civil-Military Relations.

Dr. Nassif is a native of Lebanon and he's worked as a reporter for Agency France Press and the Lebonese Broadcasting Corporation

We discuss the devolving situation in Lebanon, a country on the brink of a political and humanitarian crisis. What are the causes? What are the conditions on the ground? Who are the players? What can be done.