On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

207 Episodes

1. ‘Creative diplomacy’ very much an option for US and Iran under Biden Administration

   Published: 11/17/2020
2. Bahrain committed to both normalization with Israel and two-state solution, says Bahrain Ambassador to US

   Published: 11/11/2020
3. HR McMaster explains why it would be a mistake to return to Iran deal and the perils of disengagement in the Middle East

   Published: 11/3/2020
4. ‘Foregone conclusion’ that Erdogan is rooting for Trump in US presidential election

   Published: 10/30/2020
5. US democracy promotion in the Middle East ‘largely discredited,’ says Steven Cook of Council on Foreign Relations

   Published: 10/21/2020
6. How the GCC states balance the US and China, and why the Gulf may prefer Trump over Biden

   Published: 10/14/2020
7. Closing US embassy in Baghdad would be ‘incredibly irresponsible,’ says former US Ambassador to Iraq

   Published: 10/7/2020
8. GCC rift ‘pained the late Emir the most,’ says Kuwaiti scholar Alanoud Alsharekh

   Published: 10/1/2020
9. Van Hollen says Iran is metaphor for failed Trump foreign policies

   Published: 9/23/2020
10. For Israeli Arabs, Peace agreements with UAE and Bahrain bring opportunities and mixed feelings

    Published: 9/17/2020
11. Putin’s Syria Strategy and the US presidential election

    Published: 9/10/2020
12. Update from Iraq with Al-Monitor’s Ali Mamouri

    Published: 9/2/2020
13. “The sky’s the limit” for Israel-UAE deal, says Israel’s ambassador to the United States

    Published: 8/26/2020
14. CNBC’s Hadley Gamble talks about Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and women journalists covering the Middle East

    Published: 8/12/2020
15. Mina Al-Oraibi discusses how the UAE got ahead of COVID-19 pandemic and pulled off the Mars Mission, why she has faith in Iraq’s potential, and more

    Published: 8/5/2020
16. Sultan Al-Qassemi discusses social, political and cultural trends in modern and contemporary Arab Art

    Published: 7/29/2020
17. US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts to ‘thwart, target and engage’ US forces

    Published: 7/22/2020
18. Cengiz Candar discusses his new book, Turkey’s Mission Impossible: War and Peace with the Kurds

    Published: 7/15/2020
19. US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook discusses Trump Administration’s policy toward Iran

    Published: 7/8/2020
20. Israeli and Palestinian UN ambassadors discuss annexation, the Trump Peace Plan and the prospects for direct talks

    Published: 7/1/2020