0:00 Intro
2:10 The Broad Story
10:09 Anxiety
15:45 Personality
23:20 Vacuum
33:26 US Policy Towards Lebanon
39:30 Memories of My Father
We're with Firas Maksad for Ep.225 of The Beirut Banyan.
Click to watch:
https://youtu.be/kHLwHcH-WZc
We discuss the incoming Biden administration and general trends in US foreign policy over the past twelve years.
We compare Trump's maximum pressure campaign against Iran with Obama's JCPOA / Iran nuclear deal, and how a Biden administration may approach American interests in the region.
Our conversation includes looking at policy vs personality, and areas of consistency and divergence between the outgoing Trump administration and incoming Biden White House. We also examine potential policy changes towards Lebanon.
Firas Maksad is an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.
The articles referenced in this episode include:
'For the Middle East, Biden is no Obama':
https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/for-the-middle-east-biden-is-no-obama-1.1108646
'The Arab World Needs American Support'
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-arab-world-needs-american-support-11595193812
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