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2003 – Six Years That Made the Middle East

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our Six Years That Made the Modern Middle East podcast series, we come to 2003, the year of the US invasion of Iraq. This would be a game changer for the region, sending it over the edge and into the abyss of chaos. This episode looks at the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the intifada, and the…

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1979 – Six Years That Made the Middle East

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our next episode of the Six Years that Made the Middle East, we look at 1979. In the aftermath of the Six Days War, the 1970s saw the rise of a new element to the chaos we know today – extremist Islam. Far from common before 1979, most resistance and protest in the early…

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Watch for Violence on the Indian Subcontinent in 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute   This week’s intelligence brief looks at the growing threat of political, ethnic, and religious violence in India for 2024. (These intelligence briefs are available exclusively to our Patreon supporters.) Links: Narendra Modi, A Man with a Massacre On His Hands Attacks on Indian Muslims Grow After Temple Ceremony India’s Political Hinduism Triumphant Hindu Mobs…

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The Growing Border Crisis

Reading Time: < 1 minute This week’s intelligence brief looks a the growing immigration crisis and a wider perspective of this issue that goes beyond the divisive narratives in the US. Links Texas Seized Part of the Southern Border and Blocked Federal Access Republican Candidates Promote Replacement Theory Biden Border Crisis Is Worst in American History Biden Vows Border Shutdown,…

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1967 – Six Years That Made the Middle East

Reading Time: < 1 minute Episode 3 in our series Six Years That Made the Middle East, looks at 1967. This is the year of the famous Six Days War. In this episode we look at the instability that spread across the Middle East between 1948 and 1967, the rise of Nasser, and the slow transition of the US as the…

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Isaac and Ishmael: Origins of the Middle East Conflict, or a Religious Myth?

Reading Time: < 1 minute For the last 80 years, a popular teaching has emerged that states the conflict between Israel and the Arabs is Biblical in origin. According to this teaching, the story of Isaac and Ishmael is the seed of a perpetual conflict that has always and will always exist between Israel and the Arabs. You can find…

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1948 – Six Years That Made the Middle East

Reading Time: 2 minutes Episode 2 in our series Six Years That Made the Middle East, looks at 1948. This was the year that Israel became a state, but there is a wider story to be told when it comes to the Middle East. The rise, fall, and persistence of colonialism, or at least the perception of colonialism in the Middle…

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First Comes Confusion, Then Comes the Chaos – 2024 US Elections

Reading Time: < 1 minute The 2024 US Presidential election season will kick off tomorrow with the first caucuses in Iowa. This week’s current events brief looks at how we can expect 2024 to be unlike any other election, full of confusion at first, then comes the chaos. These video briefs are available exclusively to our Patreon supporters. Links New…

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1919 – Six Years That Made the Middle East

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our first episode in this podcast series that explores the six pivotal years that made the modern Middle East, we look at 1919. This is the year of the Paris Peace Conference after World War I. The modern world was born at those meetings and the modern Middle East was (literally) drawn out on…