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 they have grown in prevalence, what they can teach us about coalitions in other c ... Show More
Jun 23
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
Mar 2023
Episode 20 - The Palestine Blindspot in Political Science with Dr Dana El Kurd & Dr Diana Greenwald
In this episode, we speak with Dana and Diana about the recent special issue in MELG focusing on recentering society in the study of Palestinian politics. We discuss what the post-Oslo period looks like, how resistance is changing, and where research on Palestine could develop. Y ... Show More
34m 54s
Oct 2023
La guerra, vista dai paesi del Golfo 🌍
Silvia Boccardi e Francesco Rocchetti parlano con Eleonora Ardemagni, analista esperta di golfo per l’ISPI e docente all’Università Cattolica, delle eventuali conseguenze dell'escalation di violenza tra Israele e Hamas per le relazioni in Medio Oriente.Per rimanere aggiornato sul ... Show More
20m 34s
Dec 2023
Palestine - War, Occupation, and Proletarianization w/ Ali Kadri
In this critical episode of Guerrilla History, we bring the esteemed and critically important Ali Kadri onto the show to discuss Palestine. This episode is largely based off of Ali's terrific book A Theory of Forced Labour Migration: The Proletarianisation of the West Bank Under ... Show More
1h 46m
May 2024
Australia’s growing need for a national security strategy, with Andrew Wallace MP
In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, host Steve Kuper speaks with deputy chair of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security (PJCIS), Andrew Wallace MP. The pair begin their discussion focusing on the importance and need for the creation of a parlia ... Show More
34m 4s
May 2024
Thawra Ep. 10 – Iraqi Revolution, Communist Power
Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the TENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment tells the story of Iraq’s 1958 July Revolution: a Free Officers’ coup overthrew the imperialist-aligned Hashemite ... Show More
2 h