Thu 8 Oct ~ Geopolitical analyst Dr Jeffrey Miller, editor of Gulf States Insight, reflects with host Andrew Curtis on the two years since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel, which killed around 1200 people and took 250 hostages before triggering a devastating war in Gaza. Dr Miller notes the conflict reshaped global attention away from Ukraine, hardened divisions over who counts as victim or aggressor, and has since spread into Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran, with Hamas and Israel now locked in a stalemate over disarmament and occupation.

Dr Miller argues Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline military response was driven partly by domestic political survival after Israel's intelligence failure, and warns there is no military solution to the region's problems, only difficult diplomatic ones that neither side currently wants to pursue. He also discusses the deepening polarisation seen even in New Zealand around the conflict, and points to the renewed war in Yemen as a growing, under-reported flashpoint now contributing to high global oil prices.

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