Foreign Office #14. Beirut Blues

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Foreign Office #14. Beirut Blues

FromForeign Office with Michael Weiss

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Feb 8, 2021

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The deputy editor of Newlines magazine Faysal Itani on the murder of Lebanese activist Lokman Slim and what America can and cannot do in the Middle East.

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Feb 8, 2021

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Foreign Office is a weekly interview podcast hosted by Michael Weiss, from New Lines Magazine and Free Russia Foundation, dedicated to those ever-relevant subjects of Russian intelligence operations and active measures. Featured guests include prominent historians and scholars, journalists, diplomats, and ex-spies.

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