Middle East Institute colleagues Paul Salem and Randa Slim, both Americans of Lebanese origins, review what has happened in Beirut, the immediate reaction, and the longer-term prospects:
I am skeptical of positive change at the political top. I picture a lot of ways this goes wrong.
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