This Week in the Middle East

This Week in the Middle East

William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundation, discusses the new political issues of the week, with a particular focus on developments in the Middle East.

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June 13, 2025 38 mins

What matters most in the eternal scheme of things? Spoiler alert: If you don´t want to know anything about the plot of the latest mission impossible movie read no further. But this podcast doesn´t reveal that much so you are probably OK.

Each individual must answer that for himself but I would stand with the thought that what matters most of all is your relationship with society. Perhaps mass media gives an answer in the f...

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NCF Secretary General shares a few selected memories from a fact finding mission to Kashmir nearly forty years ago. And asks the question, what´s different? He makes a couple of simple suggestions for a better tomorrow.

This is one for my cousin John Holton, who tells me I have not done enough podcasting lately.

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Reflections and observations from William Morris, Secretary General of the Next Century Foundatio...

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April 26, 2025 12 mins

There are conflicting reports about Syrian Alawite girls being kidnapped and sold into slavery. There are also denials. You can make your own mind up. Meanwhile one thing is clear - there is little or no stability in Syria today.

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April 19, 2025 26 mins

A message for Easter, and indeed for Passover which ends on Easter Day. This message is about a kind of code of honour, twelve commandments:
1. Respond with care and power to the one that wounds you.
2. Do not hurt or fight with gentle people.
3. Care nothing for your life, nurture others with your concern. Weep less for yourself, spread joy selflessly, save your tears for another's tragedy.
4. Remain silent, e...

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Whilst killings continue on the coast, Türkiye and Israel squabble about the control of the T4 base. And Dera goes its own way as a separate fiefdom.

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It’s April, the Winter is over and fighting season is beginning. Donald Trump promised a solution within one day. But has he gone soft on Russia? Is he no longer capable of sorting Ukraine? By the way, the NCF submission to the UN on the Ukraine issue is on this link.

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