Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHezbollah, Israel, and the Lebanese Armed Forces
Gen. Khalil Helou and Dr. Paul Salem speak with MEI's US-Lebanon Fellow Fadi Nicholas Nassar on the unraveling Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the role of…
1 year, 11 months ago
Yemen's Civil War: Ten Years Later
Director of MEI's Arabian Peninsula Program Gerald Feierstein speaks to scholars Nadwa Al-Dawsari and Fatima Abo Alasrar as they reflect on the tenth…
1 year, 11 months ago
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 4: China's Growing Presence in the Middle East with Dr. F. Gregory Gause and Dr. Jon Alterman
About the series: This is a critical year for the future of democracy. Half the world's population will go to the polls in 2024, at a time when citiz…
1 year, 11 months ago
ISIS and the detainee dilemma
Shiraz Maher - Co-Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) - and Charles Lister - Director of MEI's Syria and Coun…
2 years ago
ISIS's enduring threat in Syria and Iraq
On this week's episode, Director of MEI's Syria and Countering Terrorism and Extremism Programs Charles Lister speaks with MEI Editor-in-Chief Alista…
2 years, 1 month ago
Israeli Strikes and the Risk of Regional Escalation
This week's episode looks at the dramatic regional developments of the past 24 hours, including the Israeli strike on a top Hezbollah commander in Be…
2 years, 1 month ago
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 3: Economic Conditions and Support for Democracy with Daron Acemoglu and Tamara Cofman Wittes
About the series: This is a critical year for the future of democracy. Half the world's population will go to the polls in 2024, at a time when citiz…
2 years, 2 months ago
On the Eve of the Washington Summit: Shoring up NATO's Vulnerable Flanks
Season 6 Episode 16
On July 9-11, Washington will host the leaders of NATO's 32 member states for a special anniversary summit, celebrating 75 years since the Alliance's…
2 years, 2 months ago
Iran's snap presidential elections
Alex Vatanka (Director, MEI's Iran Program) and Ali Afshari (Iranian political analyst and pro-democracy activist) discuss Iran's snap presidential e…
2 years, 3 months ago
Migration in North Africa: EU Engagement & Policies
MEI's North Africa & the Sahel Program Director Intissar Fakir and Guillaume Soto-Mayor discuss Soto-Mayor's paper "Libya, Tunisia, and Niger as Case…
2 years, 3 months ago