An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the h
In this episode, we talk about Syria. Or ask the question, really: What is Syria? Syria has been des
Before the next episode, we have something a little different for your ears - an introduction to a w
Having avoided it for as long as possible, Aimen & Thomas finally turn their attention to the st
Following on from our last episode, another CIA adventure in the Middle East kicks off this episode
In this episode, we shift our focus to Iran. Nobody could have known this at the time, but with hind
In the last episode we talked about how the American half of the Cold War was established in Saudi A
In this week’s episode, we focus attention on Aimen’s homeland: Saudi Arabia. Arabia is as old as ti
Introduced in the first episode, we raise the all-important question: what is the “Clash of Civiliza
We pick up where we left off, narrating the failure of America’s Afghanistan policy, its chaotic pul
Join us on January 19 for Season 3 as we dive even deeper into the history of the Middle East by loo
This year marks twenty years since 9/11 and the start of the war in Afghanistan. A war which is now
In November, Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated, and so Thomas and Aim
In this bonus episode, Thomas introduces a new show from the producers of Conflicted about the Srebr
Thomas introduces a new podcast about a subject familiar to Conflicted listeners: the Bosnian War. U
In this special episode, Thomas and Aimen sit down to answer your questions. They dig deeper into pa
As the financial crisis moved off the front pages, activists and politicians began to organize aroun
From a bomb maker to double agent to… banker? In this episode, Aimen draws on his experience helping
From the protests in Hong Kong, to the persecution of the Uighurs and the building of the New Silk R
After the Iron Curtain fell, America aimed to bring Russia into the fold of their New World Order. T
In 1990, George Bush proclaimed the dawning of a New World Order. The Cold War was over, the nation-
