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  1. The E1 Settlement - Making Peace Impossible?

    24 Jun

    The E1 Settlement - Making Peace Impossible?

    Does the recently approved, illegal, E1 Settlement Development in the Occupied West Bank make peace impossible? And what are the incentives for peace for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he faces elections in Israel in the autumn? Director of The Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu)

    1hr 26min
  2. Simon Penney CMG talks about UK/ GCC trade

    27 May

    Simon Penney CMG talks about UK/ GCC trade

    In the latest CMEC podcast, CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie talks to Simon Penney CMG, former UK Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan. He was appointed in May 2018. He was also His Majesty's Consul (HMCG) to Dubai, appointed in January 2021. Simon spent the majority of his career in the banking sector, with extensive experience leading corporate and financial institution groups and teams across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In 2023, he returned to the private sector. He has lived in the UAE for 17 years. He is also the Hub-Chairman of the Middle East for the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.

    22 min
  3. Business as usual? British ex-pats view from the UAE

    6 Mar

    Business as usual? British ex-pats view from the UAE

    CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie talks to former trade commissioner for the Middle East and Consul General to Dubai, Simon Penney, and to international lawyer, Marcus Booth, both based in the UAE. Simon returned to the public sector in 2023 and has lived in the UAE for 17 years.

    33 min

  4. 3 Mar

    IRAN WAR - CMEC talks to Dubai-based journalist Gareth Browne.

    CMEC Director talks to Gareth Browne, the Dubai-based Middle East Correspondent of The Economist. Gareth believes there are already signs of the beginning of the collapse of the Iranian regime - just days after the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini.

    27 min
  5. IRAN CRISIS LATEST - Nicholas Hopton, of the Middle East Association

    2 Mar

    IRAN CRISIS LATEST - Nicholas Hopton, of the Middle East Association

    CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie talks to Nicholas Hopton - a former UK ambassador to Iran and three other countries in the Middle East - about the current conflict in the Middle East following the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel, as well as the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini. What happens next, and what can be done to prevent this conflict escalating further? Nicholas Hopton is also the Director-General of the Middle East Association.

    17 min
  6. CMEC talks to Yemen expert Dr Elisabeth Kendall

    25 Feb

    CMEC talks to Yemen expert Dr Elisabeth Kendall

    CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie talks to Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Arabist and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, about Yemen - its history, recent past and current conflicts.

    49 min
  7. Charlotte talks to US Public Affairs expert, Jason Epstein

    25 Feb

    Charlotte talks to US Public Affairs expert, Jason Epstein

    CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie is at the Saudi Media Forum in Riyadh where she talks to US Public Affairs expert, Jason Epstein, about the extraordinary transformation that's taken place within the Kingdom over the last decade as well as the Trump administration's current policy in relation to the Middle East and Iran in particular.

    33 min

  8. 25 Feb

    IRAN - WHAT LIES AHEAD?

    CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie discusses the past and future of the troubled Islamic Republic of Iran with two distinguished ambassadors , Sir John Jenkins and Nicholas Hopton.

    50 min
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Analysis, debate & all that's happening in the Middle East & North Africa

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  • Creator
    CMEC
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    90
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    Clean
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