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Award-winning author Suzy Hansen says Turkish President Erdogan's grip on power not necessarily assured
Episode 251
Hansen, who spent more than a decade reporting from Turkey for The New York Times Magazine, is the author of a widely acclaimed new book on the count…
9 hours ago
Turkey’s World Cup Meltdown is a Milestone in Unraveling of Erdogan’s Reign, Says Selim Koru
Episode 250
Selim Koru, founder of the Kulturkampf Substack, argues that Turkey’s World Cup loss is emblematic of the failure of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
US-Iran peace deal a blow to the Kurds but their struggle will continue, says Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Episode 249
President Donald Trump sought Kurdish support in efforts to topple Iran’s regime, only to drop them like hot potatoes amid pressure from Turkey, a ke…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Armenia's pro-Western prime minister won elections, but peace with Turkey & Azerbaijan remains a challenge
Episode 248
Tigran Grigoryan, director of the Center for Democracy and Security, a Yerevan-based think tank, argues that the road ahead for Armenia's Prime Minis…
1 month ago
Turkey's outsize influence in Somalia fuels corruption and autocracy, says MEI's Gonul Tol
Episode 247
Somalia is home to Turkey’s largest overseas military base. It has signed an oil exploration and production deal with Ankara that has sparked protest…
2 months ago
Don’t blame the PKK for all the Kurds’ losses in Syria, says Kurdish expert Aliza Marcus
Episode 246
Kurds in northeast Syria have suffered significant territorial and political setbacks, while Kurds in Turkey continue to lack meaningful rights. A gr…
2 months, 1 week ago
Saudi Arabia hates Iran’s regime but did not want war, says former US ambassador to Riyadh Michael Ratney
Episode 245
With no resolution in sight, the conflict is taking a heavy toll on Saudi Arabia amid widening fissures with its Gulf neighbor the United Arab Emirat…
2 months, 1 week ago
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ‘running the show’ despite public absence, says academic Hassan Ahmadian
Episode 244
The Iran conflict is entering its second month with no resolution, despite a ceasefire extension announced by the United States on April 8.
Iranian ne…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Lebanon’s Ghassan Salame: Israel talks ‘not negotiations,’ Hezbollah disarmament by force ‘illusion’
Episode 243
Lebanon faces escalating violence and mounting displacement as Israeli airstrikes and Hezbollah rocket attacks intensify ahead of planned US-backed t…
3 months ago
Ukraine is becoming the Gulf's new shield against Iran, says Yevgeniya Gaber
Episode 242
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” as the old adage goes — a logic Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, put into practice by offering his mil…
3 months ago