Contributor(s): Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed | Mainly the pervasive sub-national identities that dominated Arabia or the supra-national Islamic identity that the regime promoted to achieve legitimacy. But since the rise of Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in 2017, a new populist Saudi nationalism is promoted.
This lecture traces the shift in Saudi nation-buil ... Show More
Nov 14
Greece’s economic and digital transformation: in conversation with Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Contributor(s): Kyriakos Pierrakakis | Join us for a discussion with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greece's Minister of the Economy and Finance, on the key challenges shaping the country’s future.
From public debt and inflation to growth and innovation, to education reform and the digita ... Show More
1h 5m
Nov 13
Spreading it around: a new look at redistribution and tax
Contributor(s): Professor Deborah James FBA, Dr Miranda Sheild Johansson, Dr Johanna Mugler, Dr Robin Smith | In this panel discussion, anthropologists working on redistribution and tax will present the findings of—and interrogate each other on—two recent books: Clawing Back: red ... Show More
1h 26m
Nov 12
America adrift: the end of the east coast foreign policy elite
Contributor(s): Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter | America is undergoing rapid demographic change. By the mid-21st century, European Americans, long the country’s largest demographic group, will be roughly equal in numbers to Hispanic, African, and Asian Americans.
Join us as Anne- ... Show More
1h 29m
Jun 2025
Dr. Mohammed al-Massari | Saudi History, The Ikhwan & Ruling by Islam | BB #168
<p>In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the controversial Saudi Arabian dissident scholar, academic and activist, Dr. Mohammed al-Massari.</p>
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<li>Family background, heritage and growing up in Saudi Ara ... Show More
1h 38m
Jan 2018
Adam Mestyan, “Arab Patriotism: The Ideology and Culture of Power in Late Ottoman Egypt” (Princeton UP, 2017)
Studies of Arab nationalism populate the field of Middle Eastern studies, perhaps even overpopulate it. However, what Adam Mestyan does in Arab Patriotism: The Ideology and Culture of Power in Late Ottoman Egypt (Princeton University Press, 2017) is very different: he looks speci ... Show More
49m 13s
Jan 2020
Geopolitics of Saudi Arabia
Geopolitical and strategic importance of Saudi Arabia and opportunities it brings are discussed. Other topics discussed are Arab NATO, Saudi Expansion, Holy City of Mecca, Nuclear Energy, Muhammed Ben Salman, and economy of Saudi Arabia. Here we also discuss diplomatic relations ... Show More
34m 13s
Jan 2025
Eric Storm, "Nationalism: A World History" (Princeton UP, 2024)
The current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, living in a borderless world of virtual connectivity. In Nationalism: A World History (Princeton UP, 2024), historian Eric Storm sheds light on contemporary nationalist movements by explori ... Show More
50m 41s
Jun 2025
"If You Dwell on the Past, You'll Stay There" — Ziyad Almaayouf | Saudi Pro Boxer
A returning guest on the podcast, Ziyad “Zizo” Almaayouf is Saudi Arabia’s first professional boxer undefeated, unapologetically proud, and a GQ Middle East cover star representing a bold new generation. Born in New York City on July 2, 2000, Zizo took up boxing at age 11 and ove ... Show More
1h 12m