Since April 2023, Sudan has been in a state of conflict driven by a power struggle between two rival military factions that has devastated the country. Over three million people were displaced just in the first 100 days, thousands killed, and many more wounded. But what do we actually know about the conflict in Sudan? Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she speaks with Anna Simone Reumert, a postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School, who has conducted ...
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Since April 2023, Sudan has been in a state of conflict driven by a power struggle between two rival military factions that has devastated the country. Over three million people were displaced just in the first 100 days, thousands killed, and many more wounded. But what do we actually know about the conflict in Sudan? Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she speaks with Anna Simone Reumert, a postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School, who has conducted ...
Planting Trees in Turkey Is Not Environmental Activism
Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast
29 minutes
2 years ago
Planting Trees in Turkey Is Not Environmental Activism
Why is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan so enthusiastic about planting trees? In this episode, we speak with Ekin Kurtiç, 2022-2024 Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University and former Neubauer Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center, who argues that the Turkish government’s interest in greening Turkey is an attempt to monopolize the environmental agenda and turn legitimate protest into criminal activity. Join guest host Daniel Neep as he and Kurtiç...
Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast
Since April 2023, Sudan has been in a state of conflict driven by a power struggle between two rival military factions that has devastated the country. Over three million people were displaced just in the first 100 days, thousands killed, and many more wounded. But what do we actually know about the conflict in Sudan? Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she speaks with Anna Simone Reumert, a postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School, who has conducted ...