On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

202 Episodes

1. Vali Nasr explains why Iran's presidential elections matter and how a Western-friendly heart surgeon might win

   Published: 6/20/2024
2. Why Iran is stronger, Israel more vulnerable, and the US needs to engage more in the Mideast

   Published: 6/13/2024
3. Syrian-Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim says it's the people, not US or Turkey, who decide local elections in northeast Syria

   Published: 6/4/2024
4. Why did Kuwait, one of the most democratic countries in the Mideast, take a sharp autocratic turn & what comes next?

   Published: 5/15/2024
5. As Greek PM heads to Ankara to meet Erdogan, is this truly 'a new era' between Turkey & Greece?

   Published: 5/9/2024
6. Turkey’s former PM Davutoglu, who met Hamas leaders this week, outlines their demands for peace

   Published: 5/2/2024
7. Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq

   Published: 4/25/2024
8. Iran established deterrence against Israel proving through its actions it could do more harm, says academic Hassan Ahmadian

   Published: 4/17/2024
9. What path lies ahead for Turkey after Erdogan's stunning local election defeat? Commentator Kadri Gursel explains

   Published: 4/3/2024
10. How the West began losing the Mideast to Iran, Russia & China since start of Syria conflict, French academic Fabrice Balanche explains

    Published: 3/21/2024
11. Will Turkey's Erdogan seize back Istanbul and fully secure his regime in March 31 elections?

    Published: 3/14/2024
12. Why are Britain’s Jews facing the largest wave of anti-semitic violence in modern times?

    Published: 3/7/2024
13. American doctor Seema Jilani faces backlash for her eyewitness accounts of horrors unfolding in Gaza

    Published: 2/20/2024
14. Sweden did not take Turkey's terrorism concerns seriously enough says former Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde

    Published: 2/15/2024
15. Does Turkey really support ISIS and, if so, why did ISIS just attack it again? Expert Aaron Zelin explains

    Published: 2/5/2024
16. Does Iran control Shiite militias that are attacking US forces in Iraq and Syria? Two leading experts weigh in

    Published: 1/29/2024
17. German federal prosecutors petitioned to launch war crimes case against Turkish-backed Sunni factions abusing Kurds in Syria

    Published: 1/25/2024
18. Kuwaiti academic says Red Sea escalation with Yemen's Houthis won't end without US pressure on Israel to end Gaza war

    Published: 1/18/2024
19. Israel does not want a war with Iran, says Haaretz English editor-in-chief

    Published: 1/3/2024
20. Turkey won't be at the table when Gaza conflict ends, says Turkey analyst Alan Makovsky

    Published: 12/14/2023