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Discussing Israel’s launch of Operation Breaking Dawn in Gaza

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean In this week’s podcast, join your host Valeria Scuto, our Middle East and North Africa Analyst, along with Anastasia Chisholm, our Associate Analyst and Ahmed Alqarout, our Lead Middle East and North Africa Analyst to discuss Israel’s launch of Operation Breaking Dawn against targets of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad […]

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Hate Speech and Ethnic Tensions Raise Threat of Violence Around Kenya’s 9 August General Election

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean In this week’s podcast, join Benedict Manzin our Sub Sahara Africa Analyst, and Edie Lipton our Associate Analyst, as we discuss the general election in Kenya. The polls on 9 August look set to be one of the closest elections in recent Kenyan history. Opposition leader Raila Odinga only

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Discussing the Increase and Implications of Sandstorms in the Middle East and North Africa

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean In this week’s podcast, join your host Rhiannon Phillips, our Middle East and North Africa Associate Analyst along with Valeria Scuto, our Middle East and North Africa Analyst, and Anastasia Chisholm, our Middle East and North Africa Associate Analyst to discuss the recent increase in sandstorms over the Middle

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China-Solomon Islands Security Cooperation Agreement

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean After much media speculation and diplomatic concerns, Beijing and Honiara finally confirmed the signing of a “Security Cooperation Agreement” last week. Although neither government has disclosed the content of the agreement, a draft leaked in March revealed the extent of proposed close cooperation on security and defence affairs, including

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Presidential Election Threatens Government Stability and Counter-insurgency Efforts in Somalia

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean In this week’s podcast, join our Lead Middle East & Africa Analyst Eloise Scott, along with Benedict Manzin our Sub Sahara Africa Analyst, and Edie Lipton our Associate Analyst, as we discuss the presidential election in Somalia. With the majority of Somalia’s parliament now in place, pressure is building

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Discussing Pakistan’s New Prime Minister and Government

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean Former opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif replaced Imran Khan as the new prime minister of Pakistan after a disrupted no-confidence motion over the weekend. However, Sharif will now face a set of pressing challenges such as protests by Khan and his supporters, and a debilitated economy while also having to

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Discussing the French Presidential Elections

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean In this week’s podcast, join your host Liana Semchuk, our Lead Europe and Eurasia Analyst, along with Louis Cox-Brusseau, our Europe Analyst, and Zsofia Wolford, our Associate Europe Analyst to discuss the up and coming French Presidential Elections. The first round of France’s 2022 presidential elections will be held

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Discussing the Religious Festivals Coming Up in the Middle East and North Africa

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean In this week’s podcast, join your host Valeria Scuto, our Middle East, North Africa and Turkey Analyst, along with Rhiannon Phillips and Anastasia Chisholm, our Associate Analysts, discuss the multiple religious festivities in the Middle East and North Africa regions taking place over the coming month, amid a significant

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Discussing How the Ukraine Conflict Will Exacerbate Developing Humanitarian Crises and Empower Autocratic Governments in Africa

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean In this week’s podcast, join your host Eloise Scott, our Global Intelligence Manager, along with Benedict Manzin, our Sub Sahara Africa Analyst to discuss the increase in food and fuel prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how it will drive widespread inflation and increase strains on rising

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