On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

A podcast by AL-Monitor

202 Episodes

  1. ‘We can’t walk away from Saudi Arabia,’ says Steve Clemons

    Published: 4/28/2022
  2. Human Rights Defender Sarah Leah Whitson says Turkey’s cynical U turn on Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi is no surprise

    Published: 4/21/2022
  3. Impossible for Turkey to sustain sanctions on Russia, says Kadri Gursel

    Published: 4/13/2022
  4. Russian conduct in Ukraine could spur calls for accountability in Syria, says Elizabeth Hagedorn

    Published: 4/8/2022
  5. Abdulaziz Sager on US-Saudi relations, the JCPOA, and the impact of the Ukraine war on regional security

    Published: 4/1/2022
  6. Syria expert Aron Lund: Syria’s Assad should be nervous about Russian setbacks in Ukraine

    Published: 3/22/2022
  7. Iran nuclear deal opens possibilities for Gulf regional security, says Mark Fitzpatrick

    Published: 3/17/2022
  8. Russian position emboldens Iran in nuclear talks, says Dimitri Simes

    Published: 3/10/2022
  9. A US, NATO No Fly Zone in Ukraine means war with Russia, says RAND’s Sam Charap

    Published: 3/3/2022
  10. Iraqi Kurdis LGBT rights activist Zhiar Ali says local authorities do nothing to discourage killings

    Published: 2/24/2022
  11. Intra-Sudanese dialogue, role of military, key benchmarks for transition, says UN Sudan Envoy Volker Perthes

    Published: 2/15/2022
  12. Gulf climate initiatives a sign of ‘real change,’ says Amy Myers Jaffe

    Published: 2/7/2022
  13. Ukraine analyst lliya Kusa: Ukrainians see in Turkey and Erdogan what they want for themselves

    Published: 2/1/2022
  14. Houthis should be part of Yemeni political solution, says Oman Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi

    Published: 1/26/2022
  15. We are witnessing a modern-day exodus of Christians from the Middle East, says Janine di Giovanni

    Published: 1/17/2022
  16. Iran’s economy won’t collapse, but future at risk from sanctions, says Bijan Khajehpour

    Published: 1/12/2022
  17. Analyst Hiwa Osman: The United States must fix the escalating crisis between Iraq and Syria’s Kurds

    Published: 1/3/2022
  18. Maghreb Analyst Jalel Harchaoui: Turkey could find itself fighting Libyans in Tripoli in the wake of cancelled elections

    Published: 12/28/2021
  19. Iran nuclear talks should be linked to Yemen peace process, says Sanam Vakil

    Published: 12/20/2021
  20. French President Macron pitches stability, business in Gulf, says Gilles Kepel

    Published: 12/13/2021

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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.