Today signals a new dawn for our Middle East Analysis podcasts. MEA continues after more than a decade but the format has changed. In this fast-paced era of online consumption, we're taking on our topics in a shorter, sharper way.Introducing 'MENA GULF 140'.So what is it? Well, inspired by the limit to the number of seconds of audio or film you can post to a certain popular micro-blogging platform, 'MENA GULF 140' looks at the realities of the Middle East, North Africa and Gulf regions in a mere 2m 20s per topic.Each month we'll take on five or six topics with the international lawyer, consultant and analyst Dr Harry Hagopian and the combined answers will make up a brand new 'MENA GULF 140' podcast.Today:10 years since the first so-called Arab SpringIs the Arab world better or worse off?NormalisationUAE, Bahrain and now Sudan now 'recognise' Israel after a series of US-brokered deals. What does this mean for other Arab states of the region?What would a Biden Administration do differently to the Trump Administration regarding Israel/Palestine?Nagorno-KarabakhWhat are the international actors doing to dampen or pour fire on the flames of conflict?LebanonHow is Lebanon coping almost 12-weeks after the port-side blast in Beirut?LibyaLibya's warring sides agreed to a permanent cease-fire on Friday 23 October. Will this end hostilities or is it simply a small step in the right direction? All this and Dr Hagopian's final thought.