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Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa

With hardening authoritarianism and state capture by militias exacerbating the challenges faced by providers of development and political aid across the Middle East and North Africa, how can aid be made more effective? Can donors overcome the limitations of their outdated assista ... Show More

1 h

Sep 8

Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran

This event was the launch of 'Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran' by Amina Tawasil. This groundbreaking ethnography on Iranian howzevi (seminarian) women reveals how ideologies of womanhood, institutions, and Islamic practices have played a pivotal role in r ... Show More

42m 36s

Sep 4

The Kurdish Issue in the Middle East's New Turning Point

This keynote lecture delivered by Professor Hamit Bozarslan took place during the Kurdish Studies Conference organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield. An expert in the Middle East, Turkey and ... Show More

1h 25m

Sep 2022

#3. The dynamics of conflict economies in Syria with Omar Dahi

In the second episode with Omar Dahi, he continues the discussion on the impact and dynamics of conflict economies within a broad framework that includes the global, regional and local actors in Syria. He also highlights the continuation of the conflict foundations and tools d ... Show More

27m 38s

Sep 2022

#2. The political economy of militarism and neoliberalism in the Syrian conflict with Omar Dahi

The neoliberal project was promoted globally as a realm that increases freedom that supposedly unshackles the individual from the constraints of the state. But in reality, It went from merely an economic policy to politics that work hand in hand with militarism and securitisat ... Show More

29m 44s

Dec 2020

Why Syria Still Matters and Why Assad is Still There

Dr Lina Khatib, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham, Jeremy Bowen (Middle East Editor, BBC News) give a talk on Syria and it's current political situation. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford). After nine years of civil war, the pr ... Show More

56m 48s

Sep 2023

#8 حصيلة نتائج زلزال 6 شباط على سوريا واستجابة الفاعلين مع الباحث أيمن الدسوقي

حلقة البودكاست هذه باللغة العربية بعد انقطاع، يعود بودكاست حوارات بديلة في حلقته الثامنة ليناقش موضوع زلزال 6 شباط، الذي ضرب سوريا وجنوب تركيا، مع ضيفنا الباحث أيمن الدسوقي. تقرأ هذه الحلقة أضرار الزلزال من وجهة نظر بحثية في سياق النزاع في سوريا، وين ... Show More

1h 3m

Jun 2021

80/ Syria, State Ideology and Climate Politics (With Marwa Daoudy)

This is a conversation with professor Marwa Daoudy, associate professor at Georgetown University and the author of the recently published book <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/origins-of-the-syrian-conflict/27BFB986E63812BE4BC100FA23FA869A">The Origins of the Syri ... Show More

1h 11m

Mar 2024

The Political Science of the Middle East and The Uprisings of Gaza (S.13, Ep. 21)

On this week's episode of the podcast, Alexander Cooley of Barnard College joins Marc Lynch to discuss Cooley's review essay, The Uprisings of Gaza: How Geopolitical Crises Have Reshaped Academic Communities from Tahrir to Kyiv. This essay reflects upon the contributions of Marc ... Show More

54m 33s

Jan 2023

3#. واقع التعليم لليافعين واليافعات في سوريا، مع ماسة المفتي

يستأنف بودكاست "سوريا؛ حوارات بديلة" حلقاته بنفاش مع الباحثة والناشطة ماسة المفتي عن واقع التعليم أمام اليافعين واليافعات في سوريا، والتي تناوله بحث "الأمل المحاصر" الذي أنتجه المركز السوري لبحوث السياسات بالتعاون مع المجلس الثقافي البريطاني ومنظم ... Show More

40m 36s

Mar 2021

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Annual Lecture - Iran and the Arab Uprisings: Opportunity Grasped or Squandered?

Sponsored in association with Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali, Founder and Chair, Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. With Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University) The event is chaired by ... Show More

58m 28s

Jan 2023

Syrie, la longue tragédie - Fabrice Balanche

Dans son dernier ouvrage Fabrice Balanche, maître de conférences en géographie à l’Université Lyon II et spécialiste du Moyen Orient revient sur son terrain d’études : Syrie et Liban.  Deux États sous influence étrangère, fragmentés par des antagonismes ethnique ... Show More

34m 59s

Jun 2023

Syrie: la normalisation amorcée?

Le 19 mai 2023, le sommet de la Ligue arabe à Djeddah a marqué le retour en grâce de Bachar el-Assad auprès de ses pairs du Proche-Orient. Tapis rouge pour un président que l’organisation avait exclu, fin 2011, pour sa répression sanglante du soulèvement démocratique en Syrie, da ... Show More

50 m

The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Clim...