On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

202 Episodes

1. For some in Iran, Turkey is a bigger threat than Israel as its regional influence rises

   Published: 2/10/2025
2. What Trump means for Iran

   Published: 1/23/2025
3. Why Syria's new Islamist leaders deserve Western support

   Published: 1/13/2025
4. Will Turkey and Israel go to war over Syria?

   Published: 1/9/2025
5. Turkish lawmaker Cengiz Candar: 'Turkey's endgame is to destroy Kurdish autonomy in Syria'

   Published: 12/12/2024
6. How Turkey is playing with fire in Syria with its backing of new anti-Assad offensive

   Published: 12/3/2024
7. What will Middle East policy look like under the new Trump administration?

   Published: 11/14/2024
8. What is Turkey’s human rights outlook with new spy law, ousting of Kurdish mayors?

   Published: 11/7/2024
9. What does the PKK want from Turkey?

   Published: 10/28/2024
10. What does the death of Fethullah Gulen mean for Turkey?

    Published: 10/22/2024
11. What are Hezbollah's choices after Israel killed its leader, and which way will Iran point?

    Published: 10/1/2024
12. Israel's war on Hezbollah: Why it's existential and what comes next

    Published: 9/24/2024
13. Why growing US-Cyprus defense cooperation spooks Turkey

    Published: 9/18/2024
14. Turkey's Islamists tried to topple Syria's Assad, its pro-secular military backed Syrian Islamists against his dad

    Published: 9/4/2024
15. How will Kamala Harris approach the Middle East if elected and what does her top foreign policy adviser Phil Gordon think?

    Published: 8/14/2024
16. What are the risks and opportunities for Russia as it grows closer to Iran at Israel's expense?

    Published: 8/7/2024
17. How will Iran respond to Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran?

    Published: 7/31/2024
18. New Islamists value power over ideology and Turkey's Erdogan is their master

    Published: 7/25/2024
19. How Iran may look under new Reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian

    Published: 7/15/2024
20. Benyamin Poghosyan on why Armenia's peace bid with Azerbaijan, Turkey is proving so hard

    Published: 7/3/2024