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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.
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The Gaza Peace Deal: Behind the Scenes with Aimen Dean
This week on Conflicted, Thomas Small is joined by co-host Aimen Dean, who returns to the show to provide a vital debrief on the recent Gaza peace dea...
7/7: The Inside Story – A New Terror Paradigm • Episode 6
Conflicted: 7/7 The Inside Story is now live to all our dear listeners!
New episodes of this 6 part Conflicted special documentary serie...
CC: Alex Vatanka – How has the 12 Day War Changed Iran?
This week on Conflicted, host Thomas Small is joined by Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and a leading scholar of Iranian do...
7/7: The Inside Story – The Lone Wolf • Episode 5
Conflicted: 7/7 The Inside Story is now live to all our dear listeners!
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7/7: The Inside Story – How to Spot a Radical • Episode 4
Conflicted: 7/7 The Inside Story is now live to all our dear listeners!
New episodes of this 6 part Conflicted special documentary serie...
CC: Aaron Zelin – New Syrian Government, Same Old Conflicts?
This week on Conflicted, host Thomas Small is joined by returning guest, Aaron Zelin - the Gloria and Ken Levy Fellow at the Washington Institute for...
7/7: The Inside Story – The Hunt • Episode 3
Conflicted: 7/7 The Inside Story is now live to all our dear listeners!
New episodes of this 6 part Conflicted special documentary serie...
7/7: The Inside Story – The Voices of Londonistan • Episode 2
Conflicted: 7/7 The Inside Story is now live to all our dear listeners!
Episodes 1 & 2 are available from today, with the following epis...
7/7: The Inside Story – A Thursday in July • Episode 1
Conflicted: 7/7 The Inside Story is now live to all our dear listeners!
Episodes 1 & 2 are available from today, with the following epis...
Conflicted Revisited... 9/11
On the anniversary, we go all the way back to where it all started with Conflicted, Episode One - 9/11.
Where were you on 9/11? Thomas a...
CC: Burcu Ozcelik – The End of the PKK & Turkey’s Great Game
This week Thomas is joined by academic and RUSI fellow, Dr. Burcu Ozcelik, a leading expert on Turkish domestic and foreign policy, particularly its r...
CC Revisited... Eugene Rogan – What do the 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ mean for the Middle East today?
Another revisited Conflicted Community episode for you this week, as we gear up for a new season of Conflicted. This time we bring you the FULL episod...
CC: Jakub Jajcay – The Raw Reality of Modern Warfare in Ukraine
This week on Conflicted, host Thomas Small is joined by an old friend and former housemate when they studied in Syria together, Jakub Jajcay. A man of...
CC Revisited... Alex Anastasiades: Britain, Saudi and the New Multipolar World
This week, we're giving our Conflicted listeners another taste of what they get by joining the Conflicted Community, with an old episode that didn't g...
CC: Dr. Alick Isaacs – Dialogue and Purpose in a Divided Land
In this week’s Conflicted Community episode we're joined by Dr. Alick Isaacs, a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and co-founder of Siach...
CC: Philip Cunliffe - The Return of the National Interest?
The Conflicted Community is delighted to welcome back on to the show Philip Cunliffe, Associate Professor of International Relations at UCL and co-hos...
Conflicted Revisited... The Untold Story of the Druze From Suwayda
Over the past few weeks, Southern Syria has been engulfed in violence, between the Al-Sharaa regime, local Druze militias, and even Israel joining the...
CC: Q&A – From Bunker Busters to Sahel Battlefields
Thomas and Aimen return to tackle a barrage of listener questions in this special Q&A episode, offering unparalleled insights into the ever-shifting l...
The Syrian Civil War Pt.9: Aimen’s Nephew Answers the Call to Jihad
Conflicted reaches the final episode of Season 5! We've journeyed from Africa to the historic toppling of the Assad regime in Syria, and now, to bring...
7/7: The Inside Story – A Thursday in July • Episode 1
On a regular Thursday in July 2005, the peaceful morning air was shattered as four bombs ripped through the underground in central London. 52 people w...
Introducing - 7/7: The Inside Story
On July 7th 2005, four bombs ripped through the maze of train tunnels underneath central London, killing 52 people and injuring over 700 others.
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The Syrian Civil War Pt.8: The Untold Story of the Druze From Suwayda
Our penultimate episode of season 5 is here, continuing our journey across Syria to bring you the voices of the revolution and civil war, from all per...
Conflicted Revisited... Ayatollah vs. Shah
After our emergency episode on Monday about the extraordinary events currently taking place in Iran and Israel, we don't want to leave Conflicted list...
CC: Israel & Iran’s Day of Reckoning
Thomas and Aimen are back together again with an emergency episode to discuss the extraordinary events that took place over the weekend: Israel’s mass...
CC: Wassim Nasr – Does Lifting Sanctions Equal Stability in Al-Sharaa’s Syria?
Another old friend is back on the show, to give our Dearest listeners an update on the ever evolving situation in Syria - so welcome back the gallic t...
The Syrian Civil War Pt.7: Life Under ISIS in Raqqa
Conflicted returns with another episode in our series on the Syrian Civil War, welcoming a new guest onto the show to tell us about her experiences of...
CC: Baraa Shiban – Does Trump Spell the End for the Houthis?
An old friend returns to the Conflicted Community for a chat about his home country of Yemen. Yes, you guessed it, it’s the irrepressible Baraa Shiban...
CC: Rob Geist Pinfold – How the Settlers Captured the Israeli State
In this episode for our Conflicted Community, we continue our survey of the Israel-Palestine question with another interview, as Thomas Small engages...
CC: Giri Rajendran Pt.2 – Trump's Military Moves and What ‘Liberation Day’ Really Means
Giri Rajendran is back for round 2 for the Conflicted Community, continuing our conversation about Donald Trump and his so-called ‘grand strategy’.
The Syrian Civil War Pt.6: The Siege Ends, The Regime Falls
This week on Conflicted we are drawing our narrative arc on Syria to a close with our second episode with filmmaker and political activist, Matar Isma...
CC: Giri Rajendran Pt.1 - Trump’s New World Order
The Conflicted Community is back to talk about the headlines we can’t seem to escape - Donald Trump and his tearing up of the economic world order. <...
CC: Tom Khaled Würdemann – Israelism, Palestinianism and the Quest for Peaceful Co-existence
The Conflicted Community returns with another episode on the complex and multifaceted Israel-Palestinian conflict, focusing on the ideological dimensi...
The Syrian Civil War Pt.5: The Siege of Southern Damascus
Conflicted returns with another episode in our series on the Syrian Civil War, this time with a new contributor, who begins today a two episode arc wh...
CC: Hamza Howidy – Protest, Exile, and a Post-Hamas Vision of Gaza
This week, Thomas speaks with Hamza Howidy, a Palestinian activist originally from Gaza now living in exile in Germany. Hamza shares his extraordinary...
CC: Kahlil Sayegh – Palestinian Survival in the Face of Israel and Hamas
This week for the Conflicted Community we begin a series of conversations about the conflict in Israel and Palestine, with Palestinians themselves, to...
The Syrian Civil War Pt.4: Afrin Under Siege & Exile in Turkey
Conflicted brings to an end our three part series with Ronnie Hamada, a Syrian Kurdish civilian, whose experience of the Civil War has been thrilling...
CC: Q&A – The Truth Behind the Violence in Syria
Thomas and Aimen are back together for another Q&A! This week we answer your questions on the many and varied crises that seem to be engulfing the Mid...
The Syrian Civil War Pt.3: The Arab Spring Hits Aleppo
This week on Conflicted, Ronnie Hamada is back with Thomas to describe his experiences as a Kurdish civilian during the Syrian Civil War, as we contin...
Conflicted Community: Elisabeth Kendall – Politics, Conflict and Jihadi Poetry in Yemen
This week for our Conflicted Community members, we return to Yemen for an interview with, Dr Elisabeth Kendall, an academic whose work has covered so...
The Syrian Civil War Pt.2 – The Kurds Rise Up
This week on Conflicted, we begin in earnest our retrospective on the Syrian Civil War, where we will be inviting actual Syrians from a multitude of d...