0:00 Intro
2:53 From science to politics
12:59 Ideological shift
38:24 Immediate post-civil war era
51:14 Falling out with the Lebanese Forces
57:00 March 14, 2005
1:07:13 Seventeen years
1:22:15 Local decisions
1:31:37 External powers
We're with Toufic Hindi for Episode 297 of The Beirut Banyan.
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https://youtu.be/zMsnTnb244I
We discuss his varied career in Lebanese politics, radical shift in ideological stance during the civil war and 15-month imprisonment from 2001-2002.
We look back at the civil war years, in particular, and reflect on his earlier relationship with the Lebanese Forces and how local decisions taken by partisan groups interplayed with geopolitics.
We also talk about the prospects for serious reform without addressing Iran's security considerations and underlying local problems that persist.
Toufic Hindi is a political analyst.
The book mentioned in this episode, ‘Une Trosième Guerre Mondiale Pas Comme Les Autres' can be purchased via the following link:
https://www.amazon.com/Toufic-Hindi/e/B0756D4FK3%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.
