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For episode 215, I talk about how Israel's wars on Iran and Lebanon will spread beyond the region, and what must be done to stop them. I also talked about the ongoing generational hauntings affecting everyone in Lebanon.⁠⁠⁠Lebanon emergency relief⁠⁠⁠Support: You can support my wo ...  Show more

For episode 214, I talk about how Israel's war on Lebanon haunts our world, and why Israeli impunity is creating monstrous realities that can engulf us all.Support: You can support my work with ⁠a one-off or monthly donation⁠ on Ko-fiMasterclass on Modern Lebanon: ⁠Registration i ...  Show more

This week on Babel, Marwa Daoudy, assistant professor at Georgetown University, joins Jon to talk about the climate-security nexus in Syria. Marwa and Jon discuss issues with past reforms in Syria, the relationship between climate change and human insecurity, and government corru ...  Show more

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

Le 6 février, un tremblement de terre ébranlait le sud-est de la Turquie et le nord-ouest de la Syrie. Deux semaines plus tard, il y a quelques jours, de nouvelles secousses et répliques sismiques se faisaient à nouveau sentir. Le bilan humain ne cesse de progresser. Des milliers ...  Show more

This event was the launch of Marwa Daoudy's latest book 'The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security'. Does climate change cause conflict? Did it cause the Syrian uprising? Some policymakers and academics have made this claim, but is it true? This study ...  Show more