The MENA Talks is a podcast series by the BIC that explores many underlying historical, economic, social, and political drivers behind today's multidimensional challenges in the wider Middle East and Africa regions, with special editions on broader international security aspects of conflicts. Our hosts engage with international, regional, and local experts to have a frank discussions on a variety of topics, from a global, top-down, and local, bottom-up, perspective.
International Politics
This podcast series will discuss the roles and consequences of international actors on ongoing conflict and crises in the MENA region. Discussion themes will focus on the effect of multinational organizations such as the UN, EU and AU, and how they can utilize their tools to better support peace-building and development goals across the wider Middle East and Africa regions.
Africa
This podcast segment explores the drivers of instability, conflict and fragility across Africa from a bottom-up perspective. (Re)placing at the heart of the debate recent years’ social movements, this series of episodes will attempt to understand the way non-traditional actors are reshaping the socioeconomic landscape in the region through collective action.
Middle East
This podcast series will focus on the geopolitical aspects that are impacting the Middle East, including actors beyond the European Union, such as the United States, and China. The host will engage in more thematic aspects of the Middle East that involve multiple countries, or regionally based topics that can be specified through interactions with relevant and knowledgeable guests.