In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Prof. F Gregory Gause III. The discussion focuses on current developments in the Middle East (including the recent conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States) and considers how Gause's analytical framework helps us understand contemporary regional politics.
The conversation is inspired by a recent Middle ... Show More
Jun 2025
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
Jan 2024
Episode 21 - Coalition Governments in the MENA with Dr Francesco Cavatorta & Dr Hendrik Kraetzschmar
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 the ... Show More
49m 11s
Dec 2020
Episode 18 - Rotating Ministries: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
<p>On this week's episode, Sami Zoughaib sits with Dr. Mounir Mahmalat, Senior Researcher at LCPS, to discuss the issue of rotation of ministerial portfolios between political parties. The episode dwells on recent research conducted by Sami and Mounir on this issue, looking at th ... Show More
24m 25s
Aug 2020
Episode 6 - What's Next for the Protest Movement?
<p>On the sixth episode, Nadim El Kak is joined by sociologist and LCPS Fellow Dr Rima Majed to discuss recent political developments following the Beirut explosion including reemerging protests, alternative resistance strategies, geopolitics, government resignation, state violen ... Show More
36m 38s
Sep 2020
Episode 11 - Can the Sectarian Regime Revive Itself?
<p>On the eleventh episode, Nadim El Kak is joined by political scientist Dr Bassel Salloukh to discuss the stepping down of former PM-designate Mustapha Adib, the nature of Lebanon’s sectarian regime, why it is so resilient, and how to undermine the ideological hegemony of rulin ... Show More
26m 11s
Sep 2024
Reflections on the Current Moment in Palestine with Makdisi Street
<p>In this episode, our host Yara Hawari joins hosts of the Makdisi Street podcast Saree, Ussama and Karim Makdisi to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza, intra Palestinian-Israeli politics and more.<br><br>This episode is co-published with the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.co ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 2020
Episode 12 - Neglected Victims: Refugees and GBV in the Age of a Pandemic
<p>In this episode, Carol Abi Ghanem hosts Jasmin Lilian Diab to discuss the marginalized and neglected refugees in Lebanon during the COVID pandemic. Jasmin discusses COVID measures, their impact on the refugee community in Lebanon, as well as the surge in discourse around gende ... Show More
31m 23s
Oct 2020
Episode 15 - Hariri Returns: Old Wine in a New Bottle
<p>On this week's episode, Nadim is joined by Dr Sami Atallah to discuss Hariri's appointment as PM-delegate, what to expect from his government, approaches to the economic crisis, the implications of an IMF deal, the downfall of the FPM, and expectations from the next Parliament ... Show More
35m 17s
Sep 2020
Episode 92 - Civil state or civil strife?
Discussion of rising sectarianism in Lebanon begins at 09:20. Nizar and Ben are joined by Ibrahim Halawi, teaching fellow in international relations at Royal Holloway - University of London, to analyze rising sectarian discourse, its role as part of the counterrevolution, the civ ... Show More
51m 31s
Jul 2020
Excerpt: /134/ The Call - Afterparty
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The three of us discuss some of the themes that emerged from our interview with Krithika Varagur (ep.133) - the entanglement of the US state with Islamism, the Americanisation of the Middle East, and especi ... Show More
4h 14m