Category Archives: Podcasts

Podcast: A discussion with ex-Egyptian MP Mohamed Fouad on Egypt’s economic crisis

Posted on May 7, 2023 by nervana111

Egypt faces a deepening economic crisis. For the average the problem is rising inflation, for foreign observers, the problem is the army outsized rule in economy. Dr Mohamed Fouad, a previous MP in the Egyptian parliament and business management consultant, … Continue reading →

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My Podcast with The Greek Current: Are Turkey and Egypt on a path toward normalizing relations?

Posted on March 27, 2023 by nervana111

Last week, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was in Egypt on Saturday to push to restore full diplomatic relations between the two countries. I joined joins Thanos Davelis to look at what this visit means for Egypt-Turkey relations, and break … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A New Start of Egypt-Turkey Relations?

Posted on December 4, 2022 by nervana111

It was a pleasure to join Thanos Davelis, the director of public affairs at the Hellenic Leader, in a new episode of the Greek Current podcast series. to to discuss the relations between Turkey and Egypt following the Turkish President … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Political Islam lost opportunity for Turkey to coexist with West

Posted on October 13, 2021 by nervana111

In my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkish Trends series, I spoke to Turkish political scientist Cengiz Aktar about his latest essay ” The Turkish Malaise – A Critical Essay,” in which he explains how Turkey was in a counter-process in … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Turkish government uses troll armies to control public discourse

Posted on August 11, 2021 by nervana111

My latest Turkish Trend podcast for Ahval was with Süleyman Özeren, a Turkish scholar at the George Mason University and a fellow of the Orion Policy Institute. he explained how Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has utilised its youth organisations … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Turkey’s proxies try to sabotage upcoming elections in Libya

Posted on July 7, 2021 by nervana111

In this episode of Turkey Trends, I discussed the situation in Libya with Aya Burweila, a senior adviser at the Research Institute for European and American Studies. She highlighted how Turkey and its Islamist proxies and forces in war-torn Libya will do everything … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A Discussion with Max Hoffman on Turkey and NATO

Posted on June 27, 2021 by nervana111

Reposting my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkey Trends with Max Hoffman, associate director of National Security and International Policy at the Centre for American Progress (CAP). We discussed how NATO membership is a huge source of prestige for Turkey that helps … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Turkey and NATO

Posted on June 14, 2021 by nervana111

Ahead of NATO summit in Brussels, I recorded this podcast with Steven Cook, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Aval’s Turkey Trends, on how Turkey presents a geopolitical dilemma for NATO.

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Podcast: Turkey’s crime boss Sedat Peker

Posted on June 13, 2021 by nervana111

Reposting my podcast for Ahval’s Turkey Trend with Ryan Gingeras,  a professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern history at the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States. on crime boss Sedat Peker and his claims of corruption at the heart … Continue reading →

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Turkey Trends Podcast: The latest rapprochement between Turkey and Greece

Posted on June 6, 2021 by nervana111

Here is my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkey Trends with European affairs analyst Yannis Koutsomitis on the recent rapprochement between Turkey and Greece. Following a year of heightened tensions, Turkey and Greece have initiated joint action and cooperation on tangible projects, Turkish Foreign … Continue reading →

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