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Rethinking Global Health Governance in a Changing World

In this special episode of MEnbar, recorded on the sidelines of the Doha Forum 2025, Marc Owen Jones speaks with Hanan Balkhy, Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organization (WHO), about the increasing pressure on global and regional health syste ...  Afficher plus

EU-GCC Towards a Strategic Partnership

In this special episode of MEnbar, recorded on the sidelines of the Doha Forum 2025, Omar Rahman welcomes the EU Special Representative Ambassador Luigi De Maio for the Gulf region to discuss the growing strategic partnership between the European Union and Gulf countries. The con ...  Afficher plus

Inside the Gulf’s Expanding Mediation Role

In this episode of Menbar, Marc Owen Jones talks with Yasmine Farouk, the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Project Director at the International Crisis Group, to discuss the Gulf states’ growing role as mediators in regional conflicts. Farouk examines how Qatar’s involvement in Gaza ...

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Iran is Down, Not Out

In this episode of MEnbar, Marc Owen Jones speaks with Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East and Africa Programme in Chatham House, about the Twelve Day War between Israel and Iran and its impacts on Iran’s nuclear program. Vakil discusses the implications of these attacks on ...  Afficher plus

Security Dynamics in the Gulf Region

In this episode of MEnbar, Marc Owen Jones speaks with Rory Miller, Professor of International Politics at Georgetown University in Qatar and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the ME Council, about the evolving security landscape of the Gulf. Miller explores both traditional threats ...  Afficher plus