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Episode 24: With Iran down, Turkey steps into the breach - a conversation with Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak.
Episode 24
(Update: audio issues corrected)
Turkey was the first Muslim country to recognize Israel. I was an ally and vital trading partner for decades -- until…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 23: Iran bows out
Episode 23
There's now a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Who won the war? And what happens now?
We offer some preliminary conclusions as the dust settles.
This…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 22: A new dawn in the Middle East?
Episode 22
The United States has struck the Iranian nuclear program, marking a watershed moment for the region.
It will take days to determine the scale of the d…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 21: Why won’t Haredim serve in the IDF? A deep dive with Shmuel Rosner
Episode 21
Haredi Israelis make up some 13% of the population but have extremely low rates of workforce participation and military service. The growing welfare …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 20: Regime change in Iran? What the 1979 revolution can teach us.
Episode 20
Twenty-four people have been killed in Israel since the outbreak of the direct Israel-Iran war. The Air Force is busy hunting launchers inside Iran t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 19: Iran faces a humbler, more dangerous Israel
Episode 19
The astonishing Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program was the inevitable result of October 7, a day that convinced Israelis they do not actually u…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 18: Taking on the ayatollahs with Mark Dubowitz
Episode 18
The Trump administration has been trying to hammer out a deal to dismantle Iran's nuclear program. In the last 24 hours, the rhetoric has ratcheted u…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 17: The Gaza war began 25 years ago, a conversation with Matti Friedman
Episode 17
Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon after an 18-year guerrilla war that presaged everything we now think of…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 16: Hamas and the broken promise of 150 years of Islamic reform
Episode 16
Hamas's rule in Gaza is a theocratic dictatorship. But its roots lie in the 19th-century movement for Islamic reform that believes modernization, sci…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 15: Jerusalem Day, a modern redemption story
Episode 15
Jerusalem Day falls on May 25th this year. It is the day of Jerusalem's unification in the 1967 Six Day War, and so a symbol of both Jewish rescue fr…
1 year, 4 months ago