TOM FLETCHER - Remembering Mohamad Chatah

The Beirut Banyan

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher. Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination: https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:02 Business of diplomacy 2:13 Fellow diplomat 3:17 Showing off vs transactional 4:56 Influence towards outside players 6:26 Stability 10:17 Beyond the next corner 12:28 Risks involved 14:11 International Contact Group for Lebanon 15:39 Ambassadors & influence 16:53 Twitter 18:06 How would you describe him? 19:15 Pushing back against standard narrative 20:44 Gap he leaves behind