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The Arab Digest Podcast Top Ten Countdown: number 7

Arab Digest Newsletter / August 8, 2022 August 8, 2022 / Egypt, Europe, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, UAE

Our podcast Cairo and Ankara: a new axis? ranks number 7 in the Arab Digest top ten podcast list. It was released 18 June 2021 and features Ali Bakir, a research assistant professor at Ibn Khaldoon center for Humanities and Social Sciences in Doha. Ali is an analyst following geopolitical and security trends in the Middle East, and especially those between Turkey and the Arab world. His conversation with Digest editor William Law focussed on the thaw in relations between Cairo and Ankara.

Kuwait’s al-Barrak – Back to the Future?

Arab Digest Newsletter / June 27, 2022 June 27, 2022 / Kuwait, Türkiye

Summary: a fiery opposition leader builds momentum as Kuwait’s parliamentary system staggers on from one crisis to the next.

A convergence of interests in the Mediterranean

Arab Digest Newsletter / June 23, 2022 June 24, 2022 / Algeria, Azerbaijan, Europe, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Russia, Tunisia, Türkiye

Summary: Italy, Algeria and Tunisia share an energy nexus of interest that has the potential to alter the economic landscape for all three as Europe scrambles to free itself from its dependency on Russian oil and gas.

Captagon’s ever-expanding Middle East footprint

Arab Digest Newsletter / June 13, 2022 June 13, 2022 / Captagon, GCC, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Türkiye

Summary: as the captagon trade continues to boom in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf, its security and geopolitical implications have become harder to ignore.

Turkey looks to move refugees back to Syria

Arab Digest Newsletter / May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022 / Denmark, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Türkiye, UAE, UK

Summary: with resentment growing in Turkey towards Syrian refugees, President Erdoğan offers homes and promises of a ‘self-sufficient economic infrastructure’ to encourage 1 million to leave.

MbS slips the pariah trap

Arab Digest Newsletter / May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 / France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen

Summary: as President Biden seeks to turn Putin into a global pariah, he has let slip another target, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is increasingly gaining international approval and acceptance despite his ruthless suppression of Saudis at home and attacks on critics abroad.

Kurdistan’s Barzani proposes a very loose confederation

Arab Digest Newsletter / April 21, 2022 April 21, 2022 / Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, Türkiye, USA

Summary: while avoiding uncomfortable or unrewarding topics Masrour Barzani talks a good game about solving Iraq’s woes but it is one that is short on detail and long on rhetoric.

Erdoğan and the mending of MENA fences

Podcasts / April 8, 2022 April 8, 2022 / #Ukraine, Libya, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, UAE

In this the 100th Arab Digest podcast editor William Law is in conversation with Aslı Aydıntaşbaş a journalist and a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Their focus is on the remarkable volte-face of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Middle East. An economic crisis and collapsing popular support have forced him into a major rethink and in the case of Saudi Arabia a significant climbdown.

Putin’s war and a MENA food crisis

Arab Digest Newsletter / March 16, 2022 March 16, 2022 / #Ukraine/Russia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Russia, Tunisia, Türkiye, Yemen

Summary: before the Russians invaded Ukraine, food insecurity was already an issue for many MENA countries but as of 24 February a bad situation got a whole lot worse.

Balancing the Russian bear

Arab Digest Newsletter / March 7, 2022 March 7, 2022 / #Ukraine/Russia, Israel, Türkiye, UAE, USA

Summary: a delicate balancing act in the wider Middle East sees three countries sharing common strategic ground as Putin’s war in the Ukraine continues with unabated ferocity.

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