Spying for Saudi

CONFLICTED

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Religion & Spirituality, History

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In this week’s episode, we focus attention on Aimen’s homeland: Saudi Arabia. Arabia is as old as time, and we explore how the depth and profundity of its history inform the present day. Saudi Arabia is also, as we’ll show, where the Cold War began, and to understand how, we’ll explain the way in which long-standing British power in the region gave way, fitfully and almost without anyone noticing, to those upstart imperialists from Thomas’s homeland: the United States. And we’ll see how the Cold War world of spycraft, ideological conflict, and state paranoia continues into the present, through Aimen’s take on the notorious murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Listen to exclusive bonus content and get all episodes ad-free by subscribing to Conflicted Extra on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for just 99p/month. Join our FB Discussion group to get exclusive updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/450486135832418 Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MHconflicted And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted Join the Conflicted Community hub on Discord to discuss all things Conflicted with fellow dear listeners, get exclusive content, bonus episodes and ad-free listening. Register your interest through the link: http://www.levellr.com/conflicted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.9	We've got a huge episode today, so I just want to get right into it. Is that okay?
1:06.8	Oh, yeah, definitely. So in this series of conflicted, we're exploring the various ways in which
1:11.9	the idea of clash of civilizations can be used to understand Middle Eastern history and the conflicts
1:17.9	which continue to rage across the region. As we said before, what we're trying to do isn't
1:22.8	straightforward because civilization is a difficult word to define, but we're going to try.
1:28.9	Having told the story of the end of America's quote-unquote empire in the Middle East,
1:34.2	we're going to tell the story of how that empire began and developed during the Cold War,
1:39.2	starting in your homeland, amen? Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is in a way where the Cold War began
1:45.9	and to understand how we'll explain how long-standing British power in the region gave way
1:51.6	fitfully and almost without anyone noticing to American power. And we'll see how the Cold War
1:57.7	world of spycraft, ideological conflict and state paranoia continues into the present through
2:04.2	Amin's take on the notorious murder of Jamal Khashoggi. What an episode, Amin, my goodness.
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