SEPADPod with Morten Valbjørn 6th Jun 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Morten Valbjørn, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. Morten is the author of myriad articles on all aspects of Middle Eastern politics and is also the director...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Kaveh Ehsani6th Jun 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Kaveh Ehsani, Assistant Professor of International Studies at DePaul University. Kaveh is the author of a huge number of pieces on Iran, from consideration of the impact of the Iran-Iraq war through environmental...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Shibley Telhami6th Jun 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institute. He is the author of myriad books and articles about...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Banafsheh Keynoush - Iran Crisis Special 6th Jun 2019On this special episode of SEPADPod we look at recent events in the Persian Gulf amidst escalating tensions with Iran. Simon is joined by Banafsheh Keynoush, author of Saudi Arabia: Friends or Foes, and Lawrence Rubin, Associate Professor at the Sam Nunn...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Ian Black6th Jun 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Ian Black, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE's Middle East Centre. Black is a former Middle East editor, diplomatic editor and European editor for the Guardian newspaper. In recent years he has reported and...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Simon Wolfgang Fuchs15th May 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, Lecturer in Islamic and Middle East Studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany. Simon considers how the Islamic scholarly tradition is debated and negotiated in modern...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Amal Saad15th May 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Amal Saad, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Lebanese University. Saad is the author of a range of books and articles on Hizballah and the Party of God's engagement in regional politics for both...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Marc Owen Jones15th May 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Marc Owen Jones, Assistant Professor in Middle East Studies and Digital Humanities at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha. Marc has done a great deal of fascinating work looking at Bahrain, sectarianism and...Listen Now
SEPADPod with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi15th May 2019On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, lecturer in Comparative Political Theory at Goldsmiths. Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is the author of Revolution and its DiscontentsPolitical Thought and Reform in Iran (CambridgeUniversity...Listen Now