TV & Radio
Radio interview with Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast on Lebanon’s elections, 17 May 2022
Lebanon has voted in the first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse, with many saying they...
18 May, 2022
TV & Radio
Interview with Sky News Arabia on Lebanon, 16 May 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi was interviewed on Lebanon’s elections, and potential recovery subject to implementation of reforms The Sky...
17 May, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s conditional deal with the IMF in Al Monitor, 7 Apr 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on Lebanon's conditional deal appeared in the article titled "IMF, Lebanon strike conditional deal on...
8 April, 2022
TV & Radio
Article in ArabicImpacts from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine turmoil: AnNahar Interview (Arabic), 9 Mar 2022
فكرة حرة- ناصر السعيدي لـ"النهار": 2022 سنة الخطر الكبير والأزمة...
10 March, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on exodus of its most educated citizens from Lebanon, FT, 7 Mar 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi commented on the exodus of its most educated citizens from Lebanon in the FT article titled "Lebanon faces exodus...
9 March, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s “rescue plan” in Reuters, 2 Feb 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "Analysis: Lebanon's savers to bear burden under new rescue...
3 February, 2022
TV & Radio
Interview with CNBC Arabia on Lebanon’s recent banking, exchange rate developments & negotiations with IMF, 17 Jan 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi was interviewed on the recent banking and exchange rate developments in Lebanon as well as the negotiations with...
18 January, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on the depreciation of the Lebanese pound on Zawya (Arabic), 11 Jan 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on the depreciation of the Lebanese pound appeared in an article on Zawya dated 11th January 2022,...
12 January, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon & the IMF in France-24, 29 Dec 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments were part of an Associated press article Titled "Slow progress as Lebanon awaits IMF economic deal",...
30 December, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Saudi and others sanctions on Lebanon in CNN Arabia, 3 Nov 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in a CNN Arabia article titled "أزمة قرداحي" هل تعقد جهود...
4 November, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon in Forbes Middle East, 1 Nov 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in a Forbes Middle East article titled "Exclusive: How A Backdoor Deal Between Banque...
2 November, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s economic & political crisis in The Telegraph, Oct 9 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The Telegraph titled "Lebanon on life support" on 9th October...
10 October, 2021
TV & Radio
Dr. Nasser Saidi’s interview with CNN on Lebanon’s economic turmoil, 15 Sep 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's interview with CNN's on Lebanon's ongoing economic crisis (in Arabic) was published on the 15th of Sep 2021 The...
8 October, 2021
Articles Posts & Op-eds
“Lebanon’s path back from the brink of collapse”, post in OECD’s Development Matters blog, 15 Sep 2021
The below article was published as a post in the OECD's Development Matters blog on 15th Sep 2021 The original post can be...
16 September, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Interview on Lebanon, hyperinflation & the way forward, TRENDS magazine, 5 Sep 2021
An interview with Dr Nasser Saidi was published in the article titled "Hyperinflation imminent in Lebanon", in TRENDS magazine...
6 September, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon & use of SDR’s in L’Orient Today, 27 Aug 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments were published as part of the article titled "What are SDRs and how might Lebanon use them" in the...
29 August, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s “slippery slope to mayhem” in Reuters, 23 Aug 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "Analysis: Leaderless Lebanon on slippery slope to mayhem",...
24 August, 2021
TV & Radio
Interview with BBC, an assessment a year after the Beirut blast, 4 Aug 2021
In an interview with BBC's Fergus Nicoll, Dr Nasser Saidi offered his insights and assessment a year after the Beirut blast on...
5 August, 2021
TV & Radio
Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East Interview, 25 July 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi joined Yousef Gamal El-Din on the 25th of July, 2021 as part of the Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East edition,...
25 July, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on hyperinflation in Lebanon in L’Orient Today, 21 Jul 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments were published as part of the article titled "With Lebanon edging closer to hyperinflation, a family...
22 July, 2021
TV & Radio
Interview with CNN on Lebanon’s economic turmoil, 19 Jul 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's interview with CNN's Eleni Giokos on the program First Move focused on the real decline in income in Lebanon...
20 July, 2021
TV & Radio
Interview with Al Arabiya Al Hadath (Arabic) on subsidies and reserves in Lebanon, 2 Apr 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi spoke to Al Arabiya Al Hadath on 2nd April 2021 about Lebanon's subsidies and international reserves Watch the...
3 April, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s low exchange rate in Gulf News, 22 Mar 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Gulf News article titled "How things went from bad to unbearable in Lebanon",...
23 March, 2021
TV & Radio
Interview with Al Arabiya Al Hadath (Arabic) on the rapid depreciation of the Lebanese Pound, 17 Mar 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi spoke to Al Arabiya Al Hadath's Lara Nabhan on 17th Mar 2021 about the rapid depreciation of the Lebanese...
18 March, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s subsidies & historic low exchange rate in Reuters, 17 Mar 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "Brawls in shops as Lebanon's financial meltdown hits supply of...
18 March, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon's ongoing economic turmoil in Arab News, Mar 13 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an Arab News article titled "Prolonged crisis of governance leaves Lebanon adrift and...
14 March, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon's bank recapitalisation efforts in Al Joumhouria (Arabic), 27 Feb 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on bank recpaitalisation efforts in Lebanon can be accessed in the Al Joumhouria article published on...
28 February, 2021
Articles Posts & Op-eds
"Lebanon awaits deep and immediate reforms", Oped in AnNahar, 14 Feb 2021
The Arabic version of the article titled "Lebanon awaits deep and immediate reforms" can be accessed on the website Scroll down...
15 February, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
"Lebanon Must Enact Drastic Reforms to Survive", Comments in VOANews, 25 Jan 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments from a Malcolm H Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center event appeared in VOA News in an article titled...
26 January, 2021
TV & Radio
Interview with Asharq Business (Bloomberg) on Lebanon, 3 Dec 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi joined Asharq Business (Bloomberg) on 3rd Dec 2020, to speak about the Lebanon, its need for reforms and the...
5 December, 2020
TV & Radio
Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East Interview, 8 Nov 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi joined Manus Cranny and Yousef Gamal El-din on the 8th of November, 2020 as part of the Bloomberg Daybreak:...
11 November, 2020
Media Comments & Quotes
"Eight steps to pull the Lebanese economy back from the brink", Op-ed in The National, 28 Oct 2020
The article titled "Eight steps to pull the Lebanese economy back from the brink" appeared in The National on 28th Oct 2020 and...
28 October, 2020
TV & Radio
Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East Interview, 25 Oct 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi joined Manus Cranny on the 25th of October, 2020 as part of the Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East edition,to...
26 October, 2020
Articles Posts & Op-eds
"Overcoming Lebanon’s economic crisis", viewpoint in The Banker, Oct 2020
This article, titled "Overcoming Lebanon's economic crisis", appeared as a viewpoint in the Oct 2020 edition of The Banker The...
23 October, 2020
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on a year after protests in Lebanon in Reuters, 16 Oct 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "A year on, Lebanon's protests have faded and life has got...
17 October, 2020
TV & Radio
Interview with CNBC on Lebanon’s economic crisis, 15 Oct 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi, Lebanon’s Former Minister for Economy, weighs in on the country’s current economic and political peril in...
16 October, 2020
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon's subsidies in Reuters, 9 Oct 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "'We're scared': Lebanon on edge as time and money run out",...
11 October, 2020
Articles Posts & Op-eds
Article in Arabic"Lebanon needs a digital revolution", Oped in AnNahar, 27 Sep 2020
The Arabic version of the article titled "لبنان يحتاج إلى ثورة رقمية" can be accessed on the website...
29 September, 2020
TV & Radio
"Lebanon: a multi-pronged tragedy with unforeseeable consequences", CJBS Perspectives Interview with Dr. Jenny Chu, Sep 2020
How has the Beirut explosion disaster been exacerbated by the global pandemic, economic crisis and the failures in government...
13 September, 2020
TV & Radio
Interview with Vice News on the Beirut blast & the real estate sector, Aug 2020
The Vice News segment focuses on the Beirut blast and how real estate developers are exploiting displaced residents in Beirut Dr...
30 August, 2020
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon's economy in Arab News, 25 Aug 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Arab News article titled "Can Lebanon avoid the Venezuela meltdown scenario",...
26 August, 2020
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on the Beirut blast & Lebanon’s crisis, Bloomberg, 13 Aug 2020
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Bloomberg article titled "Lebanon’s Deepening Economic Crisis Laid Bare by Beirut...
14 August, 2020
