On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

207 Episodes

1. Is Turkey's authoritarian president losing his grip? Wishful thinking, says Ankara-based journalist Raziye Akkoc

   Published: 4/6/2021
2. On China-Iran ties: follow the money, not the MOU’s, says Afshin Molavi

   Published: 3/30/2021
3. Renad Mansour of Chatham House breaks down Iraq’s power networks and the PMU’s

   Published: 3/24/2021
4. Healing child soldiers of the Islamic State remains huge challenge for Iraq, says Sherri Kraham Talabany

   Published: 3/16/2021
5. Post-conflict stabilization in Yemen should be locally-driven and have regional buy-in, says Denise Natali

   Published: 3/9/2021
6. Time for a rethink — and a shift away from ‘threatism ’— for US strategy in the Middle East, says RAND team

   Published: 3/2/2021
7. ‘Tech That’: Sam Blatteis, former head of Google Gulf Government Relations, takes us inside the Middle East Digital Boom

   Published: 2/23/2021
8. Who are the Syrian Kurdish women fighters who took down the Islamic State? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the inside story

   Published: 2/17/2021
9. Yemen may be best opportunity for regional diplomacy with Iran, says Mohsen Milani

   Published: 2/9/2021
10. Ethiopia showing ‘no political will whatsoever’ to reach deal on Nile Dam, says Egyptian Ambassador Motaz Zahran

    Published: 2/3/2021
11. Hebah Fisher on why podcasts are becoming the medium of choice for Arab youth

    Published: 1/26/2021
12. Can Syria be stitched back together again? Not any time soon says analyst Elizabeth Tsurkov

    Published: 1/20/2021
13. ‘Things are going to get tougher’ in US-Turkey relations, says Amberin Zaman

    Published: 1/12/2021
14. Arab youth turning to podcasts for expression, culture, and connection, says Leila Hamadeh

    Published: 1/5/2021
15. Former Pentagon Official Mick Mulroy makes the case for US staying power in Middle East

    Published: 12/29/2020
16. Al-Monitor correspondents Hagedorn, Lucente, and Szuba on what to expect from the Biden Administration in the Middle East

    Published: 12/22/2020
17. Mahmoud Abbas has ‘frozen’ the Palestinian movement, says Daoud Kuttab

    Published: 12/15/2020
18. Israeli scholar Micky Aharonson breaks down Putin’s strategy in Israel, Iran and Syria

    Published: 12/9/2020
19. Biden Administration should give early priority to setting clear expectations for Saudi policy

    Published: 12/1/2020
20. Turkey may no longer be model partner, but US has interest in finding common ground where it can

    Published: 11/24/2020