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Aug 2022
29m 18s

#0. Profiling the Alternative Dialogues

Syria Center for Policy Research, Arab Studies Institute, Security in Context
About this episode

This episode discusses the objectives of the podcast, which are: making the process of producing knowledge more accessible to the Arab world and discussing the importance of investments in integrative networks & interrelations among researchers and knowledge production institutions on the regional and global levels. 

Speakers:
 

Rabie Nasser: Economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research (SCPR).

Bassam Haddad: Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Omar Dahi: Professor of economics at Hampshire college in the USA and the project director of Security in Context.

Episode Producers:

Adriana Qubaiova, Houda Fansa Jawadi, Klaudia Wieser.

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