The MENA Mix: Regional Recap is a monthly video podcast, produced by the Institute for Middle East Options (IMEO). Each episode features rotating experts who will unpack and analyze key news stories shaping the Middle East and North Africa.

Our May episode brings together H.A. Hellyer (Senior Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies) and Noha Alkamcha (Middle East Advocacy Consultant, Women For Women International). Amongst other topics, they discuss Western pressure on Israel, Syria’s recovery following Trump’s sanctions, and implications of the US-Iran Deal and what this says about US diplomacy in MENA.

The MENA Mix: Regional Recap is a monthly video podcast, produced by the Institute for Middle East Options (IMEO). Each episode features rotating experts who will unpack and analyze key news stories shaping the Middle East and North Africa.

Our April episode brings together Charlotta Sparre (Deputy Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) and Zine Labidine Ghebouli (Fellow, MENA Program, European Council on Foreign Relations). Amongst other topics, they discuss the recent US-Iran nuclear negotiations, the Gaza conflict and it’s regional repercussions, and European-Middle East relations.