Arab Digest podcasts

Former UK ambassador to the UN Sir Jeremy Greenstock explores the impact of two massive shocks to MENA and assesses the economic and political direction the region is headed toward post-pandemic. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Ankara based political analyst Dr Ali Bakeer discusses the growing MENA grudge match between Turkey and the UAE. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

The ECFR's Cinzia Bianco discusses the challenges Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarek faces in an increasingly volatile neighbourhood. Can he maintain the legacy of Sultan Qaboos and continue to steer the country's neutral path or will pressures from Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as a distressed economy force him to abandon course? Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

A discussion with Tarek Megerisi, policy fellow with the North Africa and Middle East programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. As UAE-backed Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar suffers significant losses and Turkey ups support for the GNA, the risk the grows the proxy war will become more intense with disastrous consequences for Libyan people. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Courtney Freer, research fellow at the London School of Economics Middle East Programme, discusses political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood in the MENA region. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Baker Institute fellow and associate Chatham House fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen discusses the bitter feud that divides the GCC. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

How will coronavirus change the political, social and economic landscape of the MENA region? A conversation with Sami Hamdi, editor-in-chief of The International Interest. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Alastair Newton analysizes the oil price war for Arab Digest. Alastair worked as a professional political analyst in the City of London from 2005 to 2015. Before that he spent 20 years as a career diplomat with the British Diplomatic Service. He is a regular contributor to Arab Digest. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

As the 5th anniversary of the Yemen war approaches, Yemeni women's rights activist Misk AlJunaid calls on international organisations to ensure women are at the heart of the peace process. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Dubai had great expectations about what Expo 2020 would deliver. As Covid-19 continues its global onslaught now is the time to rethink those expectations. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.