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Turkey and the UAE's fight for regional influence: Who's winning?
Episode 221
Jalel Harchaoui, an expert on Gulf and North African power dynamics, unpacks the evolving relationship between the two regional rivals. While ties ha…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
How Syria's tribes hold the key to power
Episode 220
Haian Dukhan, a leading expert on Syria’s tribal dynamics, unpacks the stakes in the latest surge of violence between Sunni Bedouin tribes and the Dr…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Why the PKK and its campaign for Kurdish rights are not history
Episode 219
On July 11, a group of PKK fighters burned their weapons in a ceremony marking the end of their forty-year-long armed campaign against the Kurdish st…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Will Israel attack Iran again and what can it achieve?
Episode 218
Professor Mohsen Milani, the author of the recently published, "Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the U.S. in the Middle East," explains that airpower alo…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Turkey's military might will never open doors to EU membership, says Euro-MP Nacho Sánchez Amor
Episode 217
Nacho Amor is the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey. Speaking to Al-Monitor, he blasts EU leaders for their silence over Turkey's appalling …
1 year ago
Iran was battered by Israel and US, but its regime is intact as Iranians rally around flag, says Vali Nasr
Episode 216
Israel’s conflict with Iran has wiped out dozens of top military leaders and scientists and inflicted major damage on critical facilities, yet the re…
1 year ago
Israel wants regime change or a failed state in Iran
Episode 215
As the Iran-Israel conflict enters its fifth day, there are growing signs that the United States will intervene on the side of its Israeli allies. Ir…
1 year ago
Why Trump’s bromance with Erdogan is risk to Syria’s Kurds as Turkey seeks to dismantle PKK
Episode 214
Ankara's latest effort to end a four decades long Kurdish insurgency is opaque and is full of risks and opportunities for Turkey and Syria's Kurds sa…
1 year, 1 month ago
Kashmir conflict a reminder of why Saudi Arabia & other Gulf nations favor India over Pakistan
Episode 213
Talmiz Ahmad, a former Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, explains why Gulf nations led by Saudi Arabia tilt in favor of India …
1 year, 2 months ago
How power is reshaping Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa & why he’s not ‘a Turkish puppet’
Episode 212
Charles Lister, the head of the Syria Initiative at the Middle East Institute in Washington, argues that after five months in power Syrian President …
1 year, 2 months ago