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Israel, Gaza, Iran…conflicts in the Middle East continue to send shockwaves across the globe. But why has political change been so difficult to achieve? And what could the future hold? Join Britain’s top Middle East expert, LSE historian Fawaz Gerges, for a clear, comprehensive guide to the thorny issues. He traces more than a century of the region’s vexed history, from the end of the Ottoman Empire and the European carve-up of the Middle East to the Iranian Revolution, the Arab Spring and Israel’s current conflict with Gaza and Iran. Chaired by Jo Durrant.