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Middle East scholar Arzu Yilmaz says limits of Turkish military activity in Iraq are mostly set by Iran
Episode 50
Middle East scholar Arzu Yilmaz argues that Iran has made irreversible gains in Iraq allowing it to more or less dictate the limits of Turkish interv…
5 years, 2 months ago
Ambassador Murat Mercan expects more US-Turkish cooperation, despite differences
Episode 49
Murat Mercan, Turkey’s Ambassador to the United States, discusses the prospects for enhanced US-Turkish cooperation during the Biden Administration; …
5 years, 2 months ago
Sudan hoping for shift in Ethiopian position on Nile Dam talks, says Nureldin Satti, Sudan’s Ambassador to the United States
Episode 48
Nureldin Satti, Sudan’s Ambassador to the United States, says that the ‘stumbling block’ in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations s…
5 years, 3 months ago
Is Turkey's authoritarian president losing his grip? Wishful thinking, says Ankara-based journalist Raziye Akkoc
Episode 47
Raziye Akkoc, a British-Turkish journalist based in Ankara who reports for Agence France Presse and co-edits a highly regarded weekly newsletter Turk…
5 years, 3 months ago
On China-Iran ties: follow the money, not the MOU’s, says Afshin Molavi
Episode 46
Afshin Molavi, senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and founder of Emerging World newsletter, discusses why we…
5 years, 3 months ago
Renad Mansour of Chatham House breaks down Iraq’s power networks and the PMU’s
Episode 45
Renad Mansour, senior research fellow and project director of the Iraq Initiative at Chatham House, discusses the origins, impacts and trends in Iraq…
5 years, 3 months ago
Healing child soldiers of the Islamic State remains huge challenge for Iraq, says Sherri Kraham Talabany
Episode 44
Sherri Kraham Talabany, the president and executive director of the Iraqi Kurdistan-based SEED Foundation NGO, speaks to Amberin Zaman this week abou…
5 years, 3 months ago
Post-conflict stabilization in Yemen should be locally-driven and have regional buy-in, says Denise Natali
Episode 43
Dr. Denise Natali, former Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations and Director of the Center for Strategic Research at…
5 years, 4 months ago
Time for a rethink — and a shift away from ‘threatism ’— for US strategy in the Middle East, says RAND team
Episode 42
Dalia Dassa Kaye, RAND senior political scientist and Wilson Center Fellow; Linda Robinson, Director of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy…
5 years, 4 months ago
‘Tech That’: Sam Blatteis, former head of Google Gulf Government Relations, takes us inside the Middle East Digital Boom
Episode 41
Sam Blatteis, CEO of The MENA Catalysts, explains the continued potential and vitality of the digital economy and high tech sectors in the Gulf, post…
5 years, 4 months ago