A conversation with Bashshar Haydar - professor of philosophy and the Mohammad Atallah chair of ethics at the American University of Beirut.

Click to watch: https://youtu.be/kBFTpM-J3QY

Discussing the wider topic of war ethics in philosophy, difficulties of academic/scholarly debate in times of ongoing and harrowing strife & his views on last week’s canceled AUB event, including the fallout that ensued.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
4:05 Ethics
26:58 'Unprovoked'
29:55 Context
39:25 Guest in question
58:32 Academia
1:15:27 'Cancel culture'
1:31:29 A life worth living

Ep.377: A Life Worth Living with Bashshar Haydar

POINT COUNTERPOINT - a new miniseries for The Beirut Banyan podcast.

An exchange on political affairs impacting Lebanon and the Middle East, from a unique vantage point in Beirut. 

Co-hosted by Bashshar Haydar (professor of philosophy at AUB) and Michael Young (senior editor at Carnegie’s Middle East Center and editor of Diwan) - Beirut-based analysts sharing their nuanced perspectives while honing in on particular disagreements.

Moderated by Ronnie Chatah.

Episode 1 hones in on two issues: (1) Western double standards vis-a-vis foreign policy and humanitarian intervention, and (2) the question of criticism during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Stay tuned for more episodes later this summer.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 (Part 1) Western double standards
7:06 Liberal democracy
13:14 Nationalism
18:20 Intervention
24:05 Public opinion
30:33 Massacres & double standards
38:18 (Part 2) Question of criticism & Hamas
42:38 Justification vs political objectives
48:48 Accountability
52:28 Hamas calculations
56:55 US engagement

Western Double Standards & The Question of Criticism: Israel & Hamas

POINT COUNTERPOINT - Episode 2

An exchange on political affairs impacting Lebanon and the Middle East, with a unique vantage point from Beirut. 

Co-hosted by Bashshar Haydar (professor of philosophy at AUB) and Michael Young (senior editor at Carnegie’s Middle East Center and editor of Diwan) - both Beirut-based analysts sharing their nuanced perspectives while honing in on disagreements.

Episode 2 covers three topics: (1) Trump's election win and what that means for US policy towards Lebanon; (2) the example of 1982 and drawing parallels between Western support for Bachir Gemayel's presidency and Joseph Aoun's current status as a potential consensus candidate; and (3) examining preconditions for internal strife and why the likelihood for a return to civil war is low.

Michael Young's articles discussed during this episode include:

"Trump or Harris? It's pointless to ask who's better for the Middle East" - The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2024/11/06/donald-trump-kamala-harris-middle-east-foreign-policy-israel-gaza/

and "Is Hezbollah Moving In?" - Diwan
https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2024/10/coming-to-a-neighborhood-near-you?lang=en

Stay tuned for more episodes.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:53 Donald Trump's election win
20:16 The Example of 1982
43:04 The Potential for Civil Strife
1:04:34 Outro

Trump, 1982 & civil strife with Bashshar Haydar & Michael Young

An episode on the fall of the Assad regime and its implications on Syria and Lebanon.

Covering the rapid collapse of the Assad regime, identity formation in the wake of over half a century of minoritarian rule mired by tyranny, where Iran stands in the near future and a wider ambition for the region carried by hope.

With Bashshar Haydar, professor of philosophy at The American University of Beirut.

The Nidaa al Watan article mentioned is accessible here: https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/297082-الهوية-الوطنية-لسوريا-ما-بعد-الأسد

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:37 Carried by hopes
6:50 Many reasons for Assad’s end
11:31 The last stretch of the regime
20:29 Turkish ambition
24:58 Dictatorial security machine
28:07 Minority rule
31:05 Intervention
38:07 Arab nationalism & myth
41:51 We are people who suffered
48:40 Forced identity
55:00 Political Islam
1:06:51 Druze border villages & Golan Heights
1:08:27 Israeli military measures
1:12:34 The problem of peace & Israel
1:14:02 Back to Lebanon
1:21:55 The Iranian regime moving forward
1:26:23 Less pessimistic than usual

The Fall of the Assad Regime with Bashshar Haydar (Ep.411)

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