207 Episodes

  1. HRW Turkey director Sinclair-Webb says sexist rhetoric from the top undermines efforts to combat violence against women

    Published: 6/3/2022
  2. Al-Monitor columnist Elizabeth Hagedorn discusses US policy toward Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Biden’s upcoming travel to the Middle East

    Published: 5/26/2022
  3. Kurdish researcher Giran Ozcan: Understanding the Kurdish people and their aspirations will benefit the United States’ own interests

    Published: 5/17/2022
  4. Sinjar now a strategic dispute for Iraq involving regional parties, says Mirza Dinnayi

    Published: 5/12/2022
  5. Palestinian violence reflects absence of a political horizon, says Daoud Kuttab

    Published: 5/5/2022
  6. ‘We can’t walk away from Saudi Arabia,’ says Steve Clemons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 1/17/2022

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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.