Tunisia: A coup or not a coup? That is the question
If it looks like a coup and smells like a coup, it's a coup... right? Not so fast says Dr Harry Hagopian in this 'Middle East Analysis' podcast as we focus on Tunisia. When a president dismisses gov...
27 Juli 202157min
New leaders but age old problems
New leaders are popping up all over the place in the Middle East and North Africa. Today's 'Middle East Analysis' is something of a presidential, prime ministerial and parliamentary podcast as we take...
29 Juni 20211h 8min
Israel - Palestine: Violence begets violence
This 'Middle East Analysis' can only have one topic up for discussion - the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine. Much has been said and written about the conflict and the nature of its ...
17 Maj 20211h 8min
Elections, non elections and a right royal rumpus
April's Middle East Analysis is squeaking in on the last day of the month. In its own way it carries some of the chaos of the region. Today we focus primarily on Jordan. It's a country close to the ...
30 Apr 20211h 9min
Regional Realities - What Price Victory?
This Middle East Analysis podcast is a one-hour journey through a variety of countries and regional realities. It's a podcast of questions - and questions need answers. To provide them, we look to Dr ...
26 Mars 20211h
Reaching for the stars: Historic visit, historic ruling
Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, makes an historic visit to Iraq - the first by a Pope - from 5-8 March 2021. From Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda to ISIS, the foot...
22 Feb 20211h 2min
Discarding the "tool of fools" to embrace a new diplomacy in the Gulf
Don't act the prophet and learn to bear the recurring disappointment of one false dawn after another. Two lessons I've learned the hard way after thirteen years of covering the realities of the Middle...
11 Jan 202126min
Normalisation in MENA, Gulf States thaw, and an abnormal Christmas
Our last Middle East Analysis podcast of 2020 is out ten years to the day since the Tunisian street seller Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolated in frustration and despair triggering what came to be known a...
17 Dec 202032min
