CMEC podcast

About CMEC podcast

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

Publisher

CMEC

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2020

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

96 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia: CMEC talks to Yemen expert Baraa Shiban from RUSI

   CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie talks to Baraa Shiban, Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) & leading expert on Yemen about the devastating attacks by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) on Saudi Arabia & the role of Iran in this latest stage of the conflict. Baraa Shiban is a researcher & political analyst on Yemen and the Gulf. He is a consultant with the London-based human rights group Reprieve. Baraa has extensive knowledge on counter terrorism policies in the MENA region, with 10 years’ experience covering counter terrorism impact on local communities in Yemen.

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   E1 - Making Peace Impossible? CMEC at Conservative Party Conference pt 3

   In CMEC's third fringe event of the 2026 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, CMEC Chairman the Rt Hon. Kit Malthouse MP chairs a discussion of experts to discuss the controversial E1 Settlement in the occupied West Bank, adjacent & to the northeast of East Jerusalem. CMEC's two distinguished guests are Professor Yossi Mekelberg, Senior Consulting Fellow, Chatham House MENA Programme, & Zizette Darkazally, Associate Fellow, also of the Chatham House MENA Programme.

3. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Iran's Hold on Hormuz: CMEC at Conservative Conference '26 pt 2

   In its 2nd event at the 2026 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, CMEC Chairman The Rt Hon. Kit Malthouse MP chairs a panel of experts to discuss the current U.S.- Iran war and "Iran's Hold on Hormuz". The distinguished panel also includes Nicholas Hopton, former UK ambassador to Iran & Director-General of the Middle East Association, Heidi Venamore, Geopolitical strategist & former Australian ambassador to the UAE & Jordan, & Con Coughlin, Executive Defence Editor of The Daily Telegraph

Who has been a guest on CMEC podcast

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• Lt Gen Sir Simon Mayall
• Professor Nader El-Bizri
• Tom Helm

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