Mohamad Faour dreams of one day returning to live, work and prosper in Lebanon, his homeland, even though he has only lived there on and off on holidays.
Mohamad, like so many Lebanese, lives and works abroad as one of the many Lebanese of the diaspora. He is proud to call himself Lebanese, but he is also critical of a system that perpetuates an eternal str ... Show More
Mar 2021
The Integrated Review: A Geopolitical Analysis with Michael Stephens
Michael Stephens, Political Risk - Security Analyst and Research Fellow, joins me to analyse the British Government's policy paper on national security and international policy, known as the 'Integrated Review,' or in long form: 'Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrate ... Show More
29m 52s
Aug 2021
Is Lebanon a failed state?
<p>Gideon Rachman talks to Chloe Cornish, the FT’s Middle East correspondent, on how decades of misgovernance have led to Lebanon’s current political, economic and social crisis. Chloe recounts how the year since the explosion in Beirut, the country’s capital city, has been ... Show More
22m 15s