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David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics at Queen's University, Belfast, outlines the particular challenges Brexit presents for Northern Ireland, and thoughts on areas to explore in terms of possible solutions.  PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with Queen's University, Belfast | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

DR SAEED TALAJOOY, Lecturer in Middle Eastern Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of St Andrews, explores the cultural legacy of three of Iran’s great capital cities – Hamadan, Isfahan, and Tehran. He is accompanied by DR PARMIS MOZAFARI, Research Fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews, on santoor (dulcimer) and daf (frame drum). PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio i...

AMENEH MEHVAR, an international relations postgraduate at the University of St Andrews, talks about growing up during the Iran-Iraq War, studying abroad, and how the country has changed.  Today, Iranians want evolution, not revolution.   HUGO CORDEN-LLOYD, a post-graduate in Iranian studies at the University of St Andrews, talks about the time he spent in Tehran learning Persian, and how that has...

Iran’s foreign policy is driven by two opposing dynamics: the perception of itself as a re-emerging great power and its sense of siege.   PROFESSOR ALI ANSARI and DR JASMINE GANI, Associate Director of the Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of St Andrews, discuss Iranian foreign policy in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, the outlook for the region and the implications for Iranian d...

Iran - better known in the West as Persia until the overthrow of the last Shah in 1979 - has a complex relationship with the West.     ALI ANSARI, Professor of Iranian History at the University of St Andrews, explores the central role played by the Persians in the foundation of the West, the many cultural links between the two civilisations, and how the 1906 and 1979 revolutions have shaped modern...