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What Just Happened is a short-format, informal podcast brought to you by the intelligence analysts at Sibylline LTD, a strategic risk firm based in London. Hosted by Ignacio Ayala, this podcast features brief conversations between the host and his fellow analysts, updating you on major geopolitical events as soon as they happen.
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Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
In this episode, Ignacio Ayala is joined by Sibylline's Middle East and Africa expert, Megan Sutcliffe, to walk us through the exchange between Hamas militants and the IDF which resulted in the death of Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar. Megan walks us through the incident itself and what Sinwar's death will mean for Hamas in the coming days and weeks including how it will impact the wider Israel-Hamas war.
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Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
In this episode, Ignacio Ayala is joined by Jonah Kaplan, one of Sibylline's Asia Pacific Analysts, to discuss China's latest round of military exercises near Taiwan. Jonah explains both the exercise and its geopolitical and economic context. Please leave a review and follow the show if you enjoyed the episode!
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Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
In this episode, Ignacio Ayala is joined by Sibylline's regional expert, Megan Sutcliffe, to walk us through the turbulent events rocking the Middle East over the past several days. Megan lays out the escalating tensions from the initial Hamas attack in October of 2023, to the recent spate of pager bombs throughout Lebanon, the deadly strike that killed Lebanese Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah and the recent ground operation by the IDF into Southern Lebanon.
As this episode was being edited, Iran launched a missile strike against Israel. Stay tuned for a future episode discussing this latest escalation.
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Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
Our host, Ignacio Ayala, is joined by a new guest this week, Alexander Marciniak, an associate analyst from the Latin Americas desk, to explain a recent wave of cartel violence that has rocked Mexico. Alex walks us through the context of the clashes and the trends, warnings, and indicators he and his desk are monitoring.
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Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
In this episode, Ignacio Ayala is joined by Sibylline Ltd's Principal Analyst for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey Noam Ostfeld, to discuss 3,000 pagers owned by Hezbollah operatives exploding simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria. It is believed that Hezbollah's suspicion of the devices may have triggered the detonations. While this is plausible, a more recent second round of explosions—this time involving handheld radios (walkie-talkies)—seems more deliberate, particularly as it coincided with funeral processions for those killed in initial blasts.
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Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
In this episode, Ignacio is joined by Sibylline's Lead Europe & Eurasia Analyst Alexander Lord to discuss Ukraine's ongoing incursion into Russian territory in the Kursk region. Alexander explains Ukraine's possible motivations for this move and Russia's military and political response. He also briefly touches on the reported fires in the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Southern Ukraine.
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Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
In this episode, Ignacio Ayala is joined by regional experts Megan Sutcliffe and Noam Ostfeld to unpack three deadly strikes in the Middle East that represent a significant escalation in regional tensions. First, on 27 July there was a strike in the Golan Heights that killed at least 12 minors on a football pitch. Israel responded to this attack with a targeted assassination of Hizballah's senior-most military commander in Beirut. This exchange was then followed by yet another strike on 31 July in Tehran which killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniya. Listen as Megan and Noam break down each strike and the potential ramifications for the region.
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Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
In this episode, our host Ignacio Ayala joins Associate North America Analyst Claire Brady to discuss President Joe Biden's recent announcement that he will be dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Ignacio and Claire walk us through the next steps for Democrats as Election Day rapidly approaches.
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