How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East

How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East

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The Forgotten Moment That Decided Palestine’s Fate

On this week's episode of the podcast, historian Rashid Khalidi joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss why Western public opinion on Israel has shifted faster than at any point in a century, whether that shift will reach Washington, and what his conversations with the writer Tariq Ali ...  Show more

Why Ethiopia Is at War Once Again

Jalale Getachew Birru, East Africa regional expert for Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), and Alan Boswell of the International Crisis Group join Kwangu Liwewe Agyei to discuss the return of war to Ethiopia, the armed groups uniting against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed an ...  Show more

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