Jeremy Bowen: Making Sense of the Modern Middle East, Part Two
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm head of programming, Connor Boyle. For this episode, we're rejoining for part two of our event on discussing the making of the modern Middle East. This recording is in two parts. If you haven't heard part one, our in-depth discussion with international editor for the BBC, Jeremy Bowen, do just jump back an episode and get up to speed. Coming up now, we're joining an expert panel live on stage at London Smith Square, where our host, the BBC's Johnny Diamond, was joined by Dr. Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House, and James Barr, a historian of the Middle East and author of Lords of the Desert and A Line in the Sand. This event was recorded on Monday the twenty eighth of october, twenty twenty four. Now let's join BBC Journalist and host of The Conflict, the BBC's series on the Middle East, Johnny Diamond, with more Good evening. Um we'll move to the second stage. The slightly curious hybrid evening. It's such a pleasure that so many of you are here. I hope you enjoyed listening to Jeremy as much as I did. My name is Johnny Diamond. I'm joined.
as you can see on stage by first of all Dr Sannam. Uh Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House. Sam's research focuses on regional security, Gulf geopolitics. And future. trends in Iran's domestic and foreign policy. We also have James Barr here, a historian specializing in the Middle East. You may well have read his books, uh rather brilliant books. Lords of the Desert and A Line in The sand looking
variously at Britain, France and America's role in the Middle East. First of all I will throw a few questions at Sam and James. from you which is far more interesting than hearing from me and also from those who are watching
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