#1. Securitisation of food and climate i...

Dr Daoudy discusses her second book, which addresses the food security in Syria and the environmental repercussions of the politics of the Syrian government, which many debates were a drive for the Syrian conflict; she also discussed how the War on Ukraine impacts the food security in the World and the double standards in dealing with crises. Speakers: Dr ... Show More

في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست سوريا: حوارات بديلة، يحاور ربيع نصر الباحث نبيل عبدو في نقاش معمّق حول دور المؤسسات المالية الدولية، وعلى رأسها صندوق النقد الدولي والبنك الدولي، في صياغة السياسات الاقتصادية في المنطقة العربية، وانعكاسات هذه السياسات على اللامساواة، العدالة الاجتماعية، و ... Show More

في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست سوريا: حوارات بديلة، يستضيف ربيع نصر كلًّا من أنصار جاسم (باحثة في السيادة الغذائية والعدالة البيئية) ومؤيّد الشيخ حسن (مهندس مختص في الطاقات المتجددة والعدالة المناخية)، لنقاش معمّق حول أثر السياسات النيوليبرالية على البيئة في سوريا والمنطقة.نتناول كيف ت ... Show More

<p dir='rtl'>في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست سوريا: حوارات بديلة تستضيف سلام سعيد كلًّا من د. فاطمة إبراهيم (باحثة في الاقتصاد السياسي والمقاربات النسوية) وفرح دعيبس (ناشطة وباحثة نسوية) لفتح نقاش معمّق حول الاقتصاد النسوي كعدسة تحليلية وفكرٍ بديلٍ للسياسات النيوليبرالية السائدة في المن ... Show More

This event was a launch of Professor Christopher Phillips' latest book 'Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East' published by Yale University Press. The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a ... Show More

Welcome to Season 14 of the POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast! On this week's episode of the podcast, Jerome Drevon of International Crisis Group joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics. In the book, Drevon ... Show More

This event was a conversation around the special issue 'The Academic Question of Palestine' published by the journal Middle East Critique. This issue was guest-edited by Walaa Alqaisiya and Nicola Perugini. Drawing on the various contributions of the special issue, speakers disc ... Show More

Speaker(s): Professor Gilles Kepel | ISIS has been defeated militarily, but the fight for the Middle East is just beginning. At this event Gilles Kepel, author of The Rise of Jihad in the West, discusses the future of the region and how it will shape global politics in the decade ... Show More

<p>Given the turbulence across Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Iran, conversations at this year’s Doha Forum highlighted a Middle East region, and a world order, in flux. Now the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and the upcoming Donald Trump administration will shape American ... Show More

What are the prospects for democracy in Syria? Is this the right question to ask? What do we need to better understand about Syria’s new leader, its civil society, and the challenges it faces in a new era for Syria? Join Rana Khoury, Daniel Neep, and Emily Scott for this special ... Show More

In this lecture, Professor Amnon Aran will explore the interplay between domestic politics and strategy in Israeli foreign policy, from the end of the Cold War to the 2023-24 Israel-Hamas war. Reflecting upon this tumultuous period in Israel’s history, he shall examine key events ... Show More

This panel, co-organised with the Department of Gender Studies and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at LSE, combined reflections from Ethiopia and Iran to query the legacies of revolutionary politics in our present, with particular focus on the current protests in Iran. Arash ... Show More