Levant – The International Risk Podcast

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Shayan Talabany

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli 2025-09-252025-09-25

Shayan is a geopolitical expert and senior analyst and advisor at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI). She specialises in regional politics, security and conflict analysis in the Middle East, including the national security and defence policies of Middle Eastern states, and the role of non-state and external actors in the Middle East….

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Regional Shifts and Risks in the Middle East: On the Future of Governance and Integration

ByKaterina Mazzucchelli 2025-09-25

In this episode of The International Risk Podcast, host Dominic Bowen speaks with Shayan Talabany, Senior Analyst and Advisor at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, about the profound shifts underway in the Middle East. From U.S. retrenchment and recalibrated alliances to the pressures of youth unemployment, nationalism, and the war in Gaza, Talabany…