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Aug 2024
10m 34s

Neutrality & Lebanon by Mohamad Chatah

Ronnie Chatah
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From a panel that took place in late November 2013, with the presence of Switzerland and Austria’s then-ambassadors to Lebanon. Including some of my father’s last words on the fundamental need for neutrality, 1701’s necessity, what neutralization actually means and how it worked (albeit briefly) in the 1950s & 60s. We should have no role in regional war ot ... Show More
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