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[Boots off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 7: United Nations Working Group on Mercenaries
58 mins; October 13, 2020
ME101 Lecture #08: The Challenge Beyond Economics | Climate Change in a Desert
88 hours 16 mins; October 08, 2020
US Elections/Foreign Policy on Middle East
83 hours 52 mins; October 07, 2020
Iran-China Relations: Separating Fact from Fiction
38 mins; October 02, 2020
Israel's Relationship with the Arab World
86 hours 20 mins; October 01, 2020
ME 101 Lecture #06: The Politics of Economic Reform
75 hours 58 mins; September 28, 2020
Mercenaries or Private Military Contractors? Privatising the State Monopoly of Violence from the Middle East and Beyond
80 hours 7 mins; September 24, 2020
What Next for Israel and the Gulf States?
137 hours 26 mins; September 18, 2020
ME 101 Lecture #05: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Israel – More than Just Palestine
38 mins; September 18, 2020
ME101 Lecture #04 Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | The US and its Allies
40 mins; September 14, 2020
Build a Connection with Arab Culture with Ms Zeinab Hendawi
95 hours 50 mins; September 10, 2020
ME101 Lecture #03: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | China - Can the Dragon Tame the Middle East or Will The Middle East Tame the Dragon?
84 hours 14 mins; September 03, 2020
ME101 Lecture #02: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East | Iran, Turkey, Russia
101 hours 7 mins; August 27, 2020
[MEI Salon] Selling Out? Fighting Over Art in Syria (Past and Present)
92 hours 52 mins; August 27, 2020
ME 101 Opening Session | Developments in the Middle East: Why Singapore Should Care
29 mins; August 13, 2020
[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 6: The Rise of Drones
40 mins; August 10, 2020
“Palestinian Refugees in International Law” Book Launch
36 mins; August 06, 2020
The Japanese View on Co-operation between Middle East and Asia in a post Covid-19 Environment
31 mins; August 06, 2020
[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 5: China’s Private Security and Anti-Piracy
39 mins; August 04, 2020
[MEI Salon Series] Travel Blog with Ms Mandy Tay
31 mins; July 28, 2020
Gulf–Asia Relations within the Changing Global Order
71 hours 24 mins; July 15, 2020
Qatar Blockade: Is A Solution At Hand?
97 hours 38 mins; July 08, 2020
[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 4: Returning Foreign Fighters a Growing Threat?
53 mins; July 06, 2020
Middle East–Asia Energy Relations: The GCC Outlook and its Implications for Asia
25 mins; July 02, 2020
Dawat in the Time of Corona: Islam and Pious Sovereignty in the Tablighi Jamaat
33 mins; June 24, 2020
[Political Economy] Book Discussion on Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict
43 mins; June 15, 2020
[Book Talk] Inside the Minds of Young Saudi Men
50 mins; June 09, 2020
[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 3: The US Private Military Stance in the Middle East
45 mins; June 07, 2020
Dissecting and Unpacking the United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Policy
73 hours 29 mins; June 03, 2020
Stories from the Wandering Wasp: Travel Tales with Juvena Huang
43 mins; May 31, 2020
Security and Maritime Conflicts in the South China Sea
90 hours 33 mins; May 20, 2020
[Book Discussion] How Saudi Money Changed the Muslim World
75 hours 1 min; May 18, 2020
[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 2: Transparent and Accountable Private Military and Security Companies
32 mins; May 15, 2020
[Political Economy] The Oil Price Collapse and Its Implications for Gulf Economies
46 mins; April 26, 2020
[Boots Off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond] Episode 1: New Rules of War | Durable Disorder
34 mins; April 14, 2020
MEI Annual Conference 2020: Speech by HE Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi
9 mins; January 31, 2020
MEI Annual Conference 2020: Third Keynote Speech by Education Minister Ong Ye Kung
12 mins; January 29, 2020
MEI Annual Conference 2020: "What is the East Asian Experience?" by Prof Ezra F Vogel
30 mins; January 29, 2020
MEI Annual Conference 2020: First Keynote Speech by HE Nabil Fahmy
21 mins; January 29, 2020
MEI Annual Conference 2020: Speech by GOH SM Tharman Shanmugaratnam
28 mins; January 29, 2020
Beating the Odds Together: 50 Years of Singapore-Israel Ties - Remarks by HE Sagi Karni
7 mins; December 09, 2019
Beating the Odds Together: 50 Years of Singapore-Israel Ties - Opening Address by Mr George Yeo
17 mins; December 09, 2019
Iran’s Factional Politics: Upcoming Elections and Foreign Policy Implications
48 mins; December 09, 2019
Rentier Islamism: Explaining the Role of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf
35 mins; December 01, 2019
The Israel Factor in US–China Relations
39 mins; November 25, 2019
ME 101: Economic Reforms and Change in the Middle East
45 mins; October 23, 2019
2019 S R Nathan Distinguished Lecture
43 mins; October 17, 2019
ME 101: Rise and Fall of Neo-Ottoman Turkey
42 mins; October 16, 2019
ME 101: Prospects for a Two-State Solution to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
45 mins; October 09, 2019
Legal Aspects of Maritime Piracy in the Middle East
47 mins; October 08, 2019
ME 101: The New Spectrum of Islamism in Malaysia and Indonesia
41 mins; October 02, 2019
Wahhabism in the World: The Geopolitics of Saudi Arabia’s Religious Soft Power
58 mins; October 01, 2019
ME 101: Interlacing of the Middle East with South-east Asia
50 mins; September 25, 2019
ME 101: Geopolitical Competition in the Middle East
36 mins; September 18, 2019
ME 101: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
57 mins; August 29, 2019
ME 101: Developments in the Middle East
20 mins; August 21, 2019
The US and Iran: On a Collision Course? Keynote Address by HE MJ Akbar
24 mins; August 14, 2019
The US and Iran: On a Collision Course? Keynote Address by HE Dr Kazem Sajjadpour
27 mins; August 14, 2019
The US and Iran: On a Collision Course? Keynote Address by The Hon Richard Armitage
18 mins; August 14, 2019
Fake News, Twitter Bots, and the Weaponisation of Social Media in the Arabic-Speaking Middle East
49 mins; July 28, 2019
Which Jerusalem? Israel's Little-Known Master Plans and Their Impact on Palestinian Lives in Jerusalem
24 mins; July 10, 2019
Social Changes in Jerusalem 1949-1967
21 mins; July 10, 2019
Jerusalem: A Many-Bordered City
33 mins; July 10, 2019
What Chinese Leaders Talk About When They Talk About Middle East Security
55 mins; May 30, 2019
Spectres of Colonial Pasts Haunting Logistical Landscapes
31 mins; May 23, 2019
Transnational Connections of Muslim Movements in Thailand
50 mins; April 24, 2019
India’s Pivot to the Gulf under Modi
35 mins; March 27, 2019
The Chagos Islands and the Law of Self-Determination
