0:00 Intro
1:05 Tankers & Talks
7:58 Coming from Syria
14:01 Hof Line
23:37 Expectations from Elections
35:33 Burden
44:36 Engaging Iran
49:14 Lebanese Forces' Disarmament
We're with Laury Haytayan for Episode 275 of The Beirut Banyan.
Click to watch:
https://youtu.be/nAK5qU9hHjA
We discuss the energy crisis impacting Lebanon, along with the Iranian oil tanker and World Bank proposal both involving Syria.
Our conversation includes Laury's perspective on the Hof Line and more recent negotiations regarding off-shore reserves, expectations from next year's elections and the wider dilemma of Iran's military and security involvement in Lebanon.
We also put the Lebanese Forces' militia disarmament in the early 1990s in perspective, and whether that offers any comparisons to a possible Hezbollah disarmament.
Laury Haytayan is an oil and gas governance expert and a member of Taqaddom.
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Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.
