207 Episodo

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

    Publicado: 6/4/2021

  2. On China-Iran ties: follow the money, not the MOU’s, says Afshin Molavi

    Publicado: 30/3/2021

  3. Renad Mansour of Chatham House breaks down Iraq’s power networks and the PMU’s

    Publicado: 24/3/2021

  4. Healing child soldiers of the Islamic State remains huge challenge for Iraq, says Sherri Kraham Talabany

    Publicado: 16/3/2021

  5. Post-conflict stabilization in Yemen should be locally-driven and have regional buy-in, says Denise Natali

    Publicado: 9/3/2021

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

    Publicado: 2/3/2021

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

    Publicado: 23/2/2021

  8. Who are the Syrian Kurdish women fighters who took down the Islamic State? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the inside story

    Publicado: 17/2/2021

  9. Yemen may be best opportunity for regional diplomacy with Iran, says Mohsen Milani

    Publicado: 9/2/2021

  10. Ethiopia showing ‘no political will whatsoever’ to reach deal on Nile Dam, says Egyptian Ambassador Motaz Zahran

    Publicado: 3/2/2021

  11. Hebah Fisher on why podcasts are becoming the medium of choice for Arab youth

    Publicado: 26/1/2021

  12. Can Syria be stitched back together again? Not any time soon says analyst Elizabeth Tsurkov

    Publicado: 20/1/2021

  13. ‘Things are going to get tougher’ in US-Turkey relations, says Amberin Zaman

    Publicado: 12/1/2021

  14. Arab youth turning to podcasts for expression, culture, and connection, says Leila Hamadeh

    Publicado: 5/1/2021

  15. Former Pentagon Official Mick Mulroy makes the case for US staying power in Middle East

    Publicado: 29/12/2020

  16. Al-Monitor correspondents Hagedorn, Lucente, and Szuba on what to expect from the Biden Administration in the Middle East

    Publicado: 22/12/2020

  17. Mahmoud Abbas has ‘frozen’ the Palestinian movement, says Daoud Kuttab

    Publicado: 15/12/2020

  18. Israeli scholar Micky Aharonson breaks down Putin’s strategy in Israel, Iran and Syria

    Publicado: 9/12/2020

  19. Biden Administration should give early priority to setting clear expectations for Saudi policy

    Publicado: 1/12/2020

  20. Turkey may no longer be model partner, but US has interest in finding common ground where it can

    Publicado: 24/11/2020

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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.

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