Ep 237 Realignments in the Middle East & Africa feat Isa Blumi
Guest: Dr. Isa Blumi. This is a wide-ranging discussion about the political realignments in the Gulf states, new partnerships in the Middle East and Africa, Qatar’s involvement in the withdrawal from Afghanistan, developments in Yemen, quiet military repurposing of strategic island of Socotra, the long and complicated exploitation of East Africa, the carmine Sea part and Horn of Africa, the mass of military bases in Djbouti, the Turkey-Russia human relationship and more.
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Dr. Isa Blumi is an historian, an author and Professor of Global History, Islamic World, Ottoman Empire, Yemen, Albania. His most recent Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World tells the story of the wars in Yemen but also “ultimately tells an even larger story of today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia.” He also authored the book Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939: Migration in a Post-Imperial World
FOLLOW Isa Blumi @IsaBlumi and find his work at Google Scholar and his latest book at UCPress.edu.
Recorded on October 6, 2021. Music by Fluorescent Grey.
Reference Links:
Book: Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520296145
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