On this episode of SEPADPod Simon is joined by Edward Wastnidge, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University where he is also the Director for the International Studies programme. Eddie is the author of a range of publications on Iran and the Middle East and co-director of SEPAD.

On this episode, Simon and Eddie talk about their new edited volume with Manchester University Press titled 'Saudi Arabia and Iran: The Struggle to Shape the Middle East'. In a wide ranging conversation Simon and Eddie talk about relationships and rivalries, sectarianism and Islam, moving beyond proxy wars, the importance of time and space, the complexities and contingencies of political life across the Middle East, approaching the study of Saudi-Iranian relations and much more!