On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman
A podcast by AL-Monitor
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202 Episodes
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‘We can’t walk away from Saudi Arabia,’ says Steve Clemons
Published: 4/28/2022 -
Human Rights Defender Sarah Leah Whitson says Turkey’s cynical U turn on Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi is no surprise
Published: 4/21/2022 -
Impossible for Turkey to sustain sanctions on Russia, says Kadri Gursel
Published: 4/13/2022 -
Russian conduct in Ukraine could spur calls for accountability in Syria, says Elizabeth Hagedorn
Published: 4/8/2022 -
Abdulaziz Sager on US-Saudi relations, the JCPOA, and the impact of the Ukraine war on regional security
Published: 4/1/2022 -
Syria expert Aron Lund: Syria’s Assad should be nervous about Russian setbacks in Ukraine
Published: 3/22/2022 -
Iran nuclear deal opens possibilities for Gulf regional security, says Mark Fitzpatrick
Published: 3/17/2022 -
Russian position emboldens Iran in nuclear talks, says Dimitri Simes
Published: 3/10/2022 -
A US, NATO No Fly Zone in Ukraine means war with Russia, says RAND’s Sam Charap
Published: 3/3/2022 -
Iraqi Kurdis LGBT rights activist Zhiar Ali says local authorities do nothing to discourage killings
Published: 2/24/2022 -
Intra-Sudanese dialogue, role of military, key benchmarks for transition, says UN Sudan Envoy Volker Perthes
Published: 2/15/2022 -
Gulf climate initiatives a sign of ‘real change,’ says Amy Myers Jaffe
Published: 2/7/2022 -
Ukraine analyst lliya Kusa: Ukrainians see in Turkey and Erdogan what they want for themselves
Published: 2/1/2022 -
Houthis should be part of Yemeni political solution, says Oman Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi
Published: 1/26/2022 -
We are witnessing a modern-day exodus of Christians from the Middle East, says Janine di Giovanni
Published: 1/17/2022 -
Iran’s economy won’t collapse, but future at risk from sanctions, says Bijan Khajehpour
Published: 1/12/2022 -
Analyst Hiwa Osman: The United States must fix the escalating crisis between Iraq and Syria’s Kurds
Published: 1/3/2022 -
Maghreb Analyst Jalel Harchaoui: Turkey could find itself fighting Libyans in Tripoli in the wake of cancelled elections
Published: 12/28/2021 -
Iran nuclear talks should be linked to Yemen peace process, says Sanam Vakil
Published: 12/20/2021 -
French President Macron pitches stability, business in Gulf, says Gilles Kepel
Published: 12/13/2021
AL-Monitor Senior Correspondent Amberin Zaman interviews newsmakers, journalists, and thought leaders from the US and Middle East about the latest news and trends in the region. Amberin travels the region for AL-Monitor, specializing in news and analysis in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and the Caucasus and writes the weekly Turkey Briefing newsletter. Prior to AL-Monitor, she covered Turkey, the Kurds, and conflicts in the region for The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and the Voice of America, and was The Economist's Turkey correspondent from 1999 to 2016.