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MED Insights

MED Insights

Written by: ISPI
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Uncertainty defines today’s Middle East. From Iran to Gaza, from Lebanon to the Gulf, long-standing balances are shifting and new crises are emerging. MED Insights | The Middle East and North Africa, Unpacked is the MED Dialogues podcast by ISPI, where we make sense of a region under pressure. Each episode breaks down the key dynamics shaping the Middle East and North Africa and why they matter far beyond the region.

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Episodes
  • What life for Iran: fear, repression and the quest for a deal with Trump

    What life for Iran: fear, repression and the quest for a deal with Trump
    Feb 5 2026

    As negotiations between the US and Iran get underway in Oman, the threat of a US attack on Iran continues to loom. At the same time, the protests of late December and early January have brought into sharp focus the Islamic Republic’s deep-rooted, systemic, and multifaceted crisis. What is happening in Iran? Are we truly on the verge of a new agreement, or heading toward a renewed confrontation between Washington and Tehran? And what future lies ahead for the Islamic Republic?

    In this first episode of MED Insights, Nicola Missaglia - Curator of the MED and Head of Communications and Publishing at ISPI - speaks with Ali Vaez, Director of the Iran Project and Senior Adviser to the President at the International Crisis Group, and Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House.
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    29 mins
  • MED Insights, a new podcast by ISPI

    MED Insights, a new podcast by ISPI
    Feb 4 2026

    MED Insights is ISPI’s new podcast navigating a region under pressure. From shifting powers to emerging crises, each episode unpacks what’s shaping the Middle East and North Africa – and why it matters far beyond it.
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    1 min
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