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Middle East PolicyCast — 82 episodes

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1

Democratic Backsliding with Chiraz Arbi, Yasir Zaidan, Alberto Fernandez, and Sarah Feuer

2

Russia in the Middle East with Anna Borshchevskaya, Lester Grau, and Michael McFaul

3

Counterterrorism Twenty Years after 9/11

4

Afghanistan Fallout with Anna Borshchevskaya, Bilal Wahab, and Kathryn Wheelbarger

5

A Holistic Policy for the Red Sea Region with Elana Delozier

6

Military & Political Assessment of the Gaza Conflict with Grant Rumley & Neri Zilber

7

U.S.-Saudi Relations in the Biden Administration with Robert Satloff

8

The Biden Administration and Iran with Dennis Ross

9

New Israeli-Arab Peacemaking with Amb. Barbara Leaf, Dana Stroul & Neri Zilber

10

Mapping Hezbollah with Matthew Levitt

11

West Bank Annexation with David Makovsky, Ghaith al-Omari, Dana Stroul, and Dennis Ross

12

Deterring Iran in the 'Gray Zone' with Michael Eisenstadt

13

Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad with Aaron Zelin

14

Hussein and Abdullah with Robert Satloff

15

The UN's Assessment of ISIS & al-Qaeda with Edmund Fitton-Brown

16

The Trump Administration's Peace Plan

17

Saudi Religious Reform with Sarah Feuer

18

FBI Counterterrorism with Matthew Alcoke

19

Decision Points Episode 1 with Michael Oren

20

Trailer: Decision Points: The U.S.-Israel Relationship

21

Israeli Elections with David Makovsky

22

Erdogan's Empire with Soner Cagaptay

23

Israeli Leadership with David Makovsky and Dennis Ross

24

Iran's Disinformation against Religious Minorities

25

Israeli Security Today with Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, IDF (ret.)

26

The Trump Administration's Approach to Middle East Peacemaking with Jared Kushner

27

Israeli Elections 2019

28

Red Sea Trade and Security with Elana DeLozier

29

Israeli Elections with David Makovsky

30

Arab-Israeli Reclamation with Joseph Braude and Tamara Cofman Wittes

31

Iran's Quest for Nuclear-Ready Missiles with Farzin Nadimi

32

Middle East Policy on Capitol Hill with Dana Stroul

33

Iran's Terror Sponsorship with Ambassador Nathan Sales

34

Reimposing Iran Sanctions with Katherine Bauer

35

Counterterrorism Partnerships with Levitt, Tankel, Bacon, and Mendelsohn

36

The U.S.-Turkish Crisis with Amanda Sloat, Max Hoffman, and Steven A. Cook

37

Appreciating Bernard Lewis

38

Taking Stock of U.S. Counterterrorism Since 9/11 with LTG Michael K. Nagata

39

Representing the U.S. in the Gulf

40

Turkey's 2018 Elections with Soner Cagaptay

41

Middle East Strategy with Dennis Ross

42

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman

43

Airstrikes on Syria

44

Palestinian Authority Security Forces with Neri Zilber and Ghaith al-Omari

45

A Survey of the Near East with David Cattler

46

Iraqi Reconstruction with Aleksandra Zittle, Shelly Culbertson, and Geoffrey Batt

47

The 'Shia Crescent' and Iranian Influence

48

The Middle East through Gulf Eyes

49

Israel at the United Nations with Ambassadors Gillerman, Gold, and Prosor

50

Authoritarianism, Memory, and Literature in Turkey

51

Operation Torch and the Making of U.S. Mideast Policy

52

Preventing a Third Lebanon War

53

U.S. Iran Policy with Michael Singh

54

Kurdistan Referendum with Bilal Wahab

55

Israeli National Security with Maj. Gen. Yair Golan

56

Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence Referendum with Michael Knights

57

Erdogan's Rise with Soner Cagaptay

58

'Lone Wolf' Terrorism with Boaz Ganor, Bruce Hoffman, Marlene Mazel, and Matthew Levitt

59

The Qatar Crisis with Lori Plotkin Boghardt

60

al-Qaeda's Survival with Aaron Zelin

61

Jordan with David Schenker

62

Vision 2030 and the Saudi Future with Simon Henderson

63

The Trump Administration and the Middle East after 100 Days

64

The Abbas-Trump Visit with Ghaith al-Omari, Ehud Yaari, David Makovsky, and Dennis Ross

65

Turkey's New Sultan? With Soner Cagaptay, Gonul Tol, and Amberin Zaman

66

Countering Violent Extremism with Matthew Levitt

67

Northwest Africa with Sarah Feuer

68

The Trump-Netanyahu Visit with Robert Satloff and David Makovsky

69

U.S. Middle East Strategy with Amb. James Jeffrey

70

A U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem with Ghaith al-Omari and David Makovsky

71

A New President and the Middle East with Norman Ornstein and Dennis Ross

72

The Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices - Strategy with Michael Singh

73

Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices - Terrorism with Matthew Levitt

74

Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices with Ambassador Dennis Ross

75

Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices - Egypt with Eric Trager

76

Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices - Syria with Andrew Tabler

77

Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices with Amb. James Jeffrey

78

Prosecuting Assad with Ben Taub and Stephen J. Rapp

79

Terror in Europe with Eric Rosand

80

Terror in Europe with Olivier Decottignies

81

Terror in Europe with Matthew Levitt

82

Russia in the Middle East with Anna Borshchevskaya