Ep.165 (Video): Compromised Agreements with Waël Atallah The Beirut Banyan

We're back with Waël Atallah for Episode 165 of The Beirut Banyan.

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https://youtu.be/STtiMATCfho

We discuss the 1969 Cairo Agreement and what that meant for Lebanese state sovereignty, in particular long-term consequences for repeated attempts at political reform.

We also discuss the topic of decentralization within the Lebanese context, and look at local governance beyond communal divisions and sectarian power-sharing as it's understood in modern Lebanese history.

Waël Atallah is an engineer and a regular contributor to the 'Finance 4 Lebanon' blog. He also has a YouTube channel that unpacks current financial problems and also explains the backdrop and aftermath of the Cairo Agreement (discussed in this episode):

https://youtu.be/-TIU7or6k-0

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