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Oct 2020
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Episode 93 - Doing nothing *is* the poli...

The Lebanese Politics Podcast
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Discussion with Alain Bifani begins at 12:00. Nizar and Ben are joined this week by Alain Bifani, the former director general of the Ministry of Finance, to discuss the inner workings of the ministry, its importance in government formation talks, and the current political and economic crises in the country. Also covered, demarcation negotiations between L ... Show More
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