On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

202 Episodes

1. Nicholas Danforth: Erdogan’s hands are not tied by his political allies, still has power to reverse Turkey’s downward spiral

   Published: 12/8/2021
2. Russia expert Michael Kofman explains why Moscow backs the Iran nuclear deal and why Iran-Russia tensions in Syria are overstated

   Published: 11/30/2021
3. Don’t rule out eventual Erdogan-Assad reconciliation over shared fear of Kurds, says Amberin Zaman

   Published: 11/24/2021
4. Trump Administration’s Former Syria Envoy JIM JEFFREY says Turkey unlike to invade northeastern Syria in the immediate future

   Published: 11/18/2021
5. Noor Sweid on innovation in the MENA region: ‘It’s not that we’re trying to think outside the box; there is no box’

   Published: 11/9/2021
6. Israeli leaders worry that Iran does not fear America, says Ben Caspit

   Published: 11/5/2021
7. World not trusting Israel’s ‘flimsy’ terrorist claims against Palestinian NGO’s, says Daoud Kuttab

   Published: 10/26/2021
8. US Turkish relations unlikely to get better under Erdogan says veteran Turkey analyst Alan Makovsky

   Published: 10/21/2021
9. Khamenei may still prefer a nuclear deal over a nuclear weapon, says Ken Pollack

   Published: 10/13/2021
10. Iran unlikely to consider crossing nuclear weapons threshold unless attacked, says Ali Vaez

    Published: 10/7/2021
11. US intervention in Syria is different to Afghanistan says security expert Aaron Stein

    Published: 9/30/2021
12. Vivian Salama previews the Biden Administration’s Middle East priorities at the UN General Assembly

    Published: 9/20/2021
13. Europe, West threatened by Atmospheric Jihadism and the entrepreneurs of wrath, says Gilles Kepel

    Published: 9/15/2021
14. Iraqis fear worse chaos amid waning US presence, says Bilal Wahab

    Published: 9/8/2021
15. Armenia expert Richard Giragosian: Peace between Armenia, Turkey more likely than before

    Published: 8/30/2021
16. US 'diplomatic muscle' can boost Libyan transition, says former UN Envoy Stephanie Williams

    Published: 8/23/2021
17. Iran has been getting closer to the Taliban for some time, says Shelly Kittleson

    Published: 8/18/2021
18. Tunisia expert Monica Marks says Tunisia’s Democratic future hangs in the balance following what was unquestionably a coup

    Published: 8/9/2021
19. Saudis see agreement with US on 90% of issues in region, says Stephen Kalin

    Published: 8/2/2021
20. Nile Dam talks may be ‘in a lot of trouble,’ says Samuel Ramani

    Published: 7/28/2021