In this episode, we speak with Jacob Mundy about the decade of unrest since the revolution in Libya and the encouraging recent establishment of the Government of National Unity.
The podcast draws both from Jacob's 2018 book (Libya) and the recent MELG special collection he edited on Libya's protracted interregnum: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/13/1/ ... Show More
Jun 2025
Episode 23 – Militarization in Jordan with Dr. Pete Moore and Dr. Sean Yom
In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Sean Yom and Pete Moore about their recent special issue in MELG, "Reconceptualizing Security and Political Economy in the Modern Middle East," which includes articles on Syria and Yemen. We focus on their own contribution in the issue, wh ... Show More
1h 6m
Jun 2024
Episode 22 – MENA Local Governance with Dr Ellen Lust, Dr Intissar Kherigi, & Dr Christiana Parreira
In collaboration with the Governance Uncovered podcast of the Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD), Ellen Lust moderates a discussion on decentralisation and local governance in the Middle East and North Africa, focusing in particular on Tunisia, Lebanon, and Jordan. ... Show More
45m 36s
Jan 2024
Episode 21 - Coalition Governments in the MENA with Dr Francesco Cavatorta & Dr Hendrik Kraetzschmar
In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Francesco Cavatorta and Hendrik Kraetzschmar about their recent special issue in MELG examining multiparty coalition government in the Arab MENA. We discuss key features of coalition formation, composition, and duration/durability, why the ... Show More
49m 11s
Jul 2024
Another Take: Duelling narratives on the Rwandan genocide
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on April 28, 2021. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed. Two new reports – one commissioned by the French government and one by Rwanda’s government – have unders ... Show More
25m 20s
Dec 2024
Censure du gouvernement Barnier : et maintenant ?
Un nouveau chapitre de la crise politique que connaît la France depuis la dissolution de l’Assemblée en juin vient de s’ouvrir.<br/><br/>Le gouvernement est tombé sous le coup d’une motion de censure, une première depuis 1962. Le premier ministre, Michel Barnier, avait tenté de p ... Show More
22m 32s
Feb 2025
Le casting de bref. raconte le retour de la série
La série bref est de retour dès le 14 février sur Disney+ !À cette occasion, on a interviewé toute l'équipe de la série pour connaître la vérité sur bref.2Avec Kyan Khojandi, Navo et Alice David, Bérengère Krief, Baptiste Lecaplain."L'interview Brut. des gens connus" est un podca ... Show More
11m 54s
Jul 2019
Syria: The Rise and Fallout of the House of Assad with Sam Dagher
<p>After eight years of civil war in Syria, with hundreds of thousands of its citizens dead and millions more fleeing the country, one question looms large: how did things get so bad? During those early days of peaceful protest, what prompted a shoot-to-kill order from the highes ... Show More
20m 46s