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Latest episodes

• The Middle East Braces for Escalation

  October 2, 2026 · 57 min

  The war is widening, diplomacy has stalled, and the Middle East is once again sliding towards escalation as the relationship between Israel and the Gulf states grows closer while pressure on Iran is mounting at sea, in the air, and across…

• Carlos the Jackal: The World’s First Super-Terrorist

  September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

  In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joby Warrick tells Thomas all about his latest book The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist. For deeper dives and world-class…

• The Houthis Are Winning — Here’s Why

  September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

  Aimen's away this week. But not to worry! Sitting in his seat is Mohammed al-Basha: a Yemeni-American analyst with over twenty years of experience. Basha is the perfect person to help us understand better the larger forces at work in the…

• 1453: The Catastrophe That Ended Rome

  September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

  In this latest Conflicted Conversation, historian Anthony Kaldellis of the University of Chicago discusses his new book 1453: The Conquest and Tragedy of Constantinople. For deeper dives and world-class Q&As with Aimen Dean, join the…

• Globalisation Made Global Jihad Possible

  September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

  In this week’s Conflicted Conversation, UCL associate professor Philip Cunliffe makes a provocative case: far from being polar opposites, global Islamism and American unipolarity were born of the same globalised order. But what happens…

• Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Disaster

  September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

  Every region-watcher was stunned over past week as the anti-Houthi forces in Yemen suffered an extremely brutal reversal—with global consequences. Aimen lifts up the curtain of inter-Gulf politics to help Thomas understand better what went…

• Re-Interrogating 9/11: A 25th Anniversary Debate

  September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

  To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Aimen and Thomas take a deeper, wider look at the historical, ideological, and geopolitical context on either side of that momentous world-changing event. Join the CONFLICTED…

• The End of the Nation State?

  September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min

  Where did the nation-state come from—and what happens if the conditions that made it powerful are now disappearing? Thomas discusses these questions and much more in this wide-ranging Conflicted Conversation with award-winning novelist…