China and the US - a durable thaw? w/ Tobita Chow and Jake Werner| Listen on Anghami

Jun 4

The rise of the UK far-right w/ Daniel Trilling

For decades in much of Europe far-right opinion has had electoral expression in political parties that can command millions of votes, but until relatively recently in Britain anti-migrant and racist views - though prevalent - did not result in electoral vehicles with truly mass s ... Show More

1h 14m

May 10

Labour's election disaster w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins PTO to talk about the recent local elections in England and the parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland in which the Labour Party suffered an historic defeat. We talked about what the results mean for Starmer's leadership and for the long-term tr ... Show More

42m 51s

Apr 28

American Crusade w/ Eleanor Janega

Eleanor Janega joins PTO to talk about the Christian right and the role of Christian Zionist ideology in the minds of key figures in the Trump administration and the decision to launch the US-Israeli war on Iran. We chatted about why the religious beliefs of US policy makers are ... Show More

1h 6m

Jul 2025

Crisis and control in Gaza and the West Bank

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Hugh Lovatt, ECFR policy fellow, and Tahani Mustafa, visiting fellow in ECFR’s Middle East and North Africa programme, to discuss Israel’s military action in Gaza and the West Bank, the ensuing humanitarian crisis, and the political dynamics o ... Show More

28m 53s

Mar 2024

Israël / Palestine : l'impasse de la puissance. Avec Jean-Pierre Filiu | Entretiens géopo

Comment la Palestine fut-elle perdue et pourquoi Israël n’a pas pour autant gagné ? Dans le contexte des attaques du Hamas contre Israël le 7 octobre, et de la riposte massive d'Israël toujours en cours sur Gaza, Jean-Pierre Filiu tente d'analyser les phénomènes qui ont mené à ... Show More

25m 7s

Oct 2024

Inside Israel

In the first of three episodes on the crisis in the Middle East, Adam Shatz is joined by Mairav Zonszein and Amjad Iraqi to discuss the experiences of Israeli Jews and Palestinian citizens of Israel. While the Netanyahu government is opposed by many Israeli Jews, and increasing n ... Show More

1h 2m

Aug 2024

"Many of us can't think about anything but Palestine" w/ Tariq Ali

The brothers welcome distinguished writer, novelist, and intellectual of the New Left Review Tariq Ali to Makdisi Street. They discuss the similarities and differences between the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations of the 1960s and 1970s and contemporary demonstrations against th ... Show More

1h 34m

Mar 2025

"Palestinians have the right to reject surveillance" w/ Hadeel Assali

The brothers welcome Palestinian anthropologist (and former chemical engineer) Hadeel Assali. They discuss the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil, the history of tunnels and the ecology of Gaza, the ontological relationship of the Palestinians to their indigenous environment that the U ... Show More

1h 20m

Jun 2024

"Partition was about creating a settler colonial state" w/ Abdel Razzaq Takriti (pt.1)

The brothers welcome historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti <a href= "https://x.com/abedtakriti">(@abedtakriti)</a>, the author of Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman 1965-1976 (2016), "<a href= "https://read.dukeupress.edu/radical-history-review/art ... Show More

1h 12m

Jan 2024

Israel’s war on Gaza: What constitutes genocide?

With the International Court of Justice deliberating over South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, we look at how the proceedings could affect reporting on the war. Contributors: Qaanitah Hunter - Journalist, News24 Nimer Sultany - Editor-in-Chief, The Palestine Yearbook of I ... Show More

24m 51s

China and the US - a durable thaw? w/ To...