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Middle East PolicyCast

Podcast by The Washington Institute

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Middle East Strategy with Dennis Ross

Middle East Strategy with Dennis Ross

How can policymakers deal with the urgent crises of the day without neglecting important issues of long-term strategy? A... Read more

8 May 2018

31mins

Ranked #2

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Hussein and Abdullah with Robert Satloff

Hussein and Abdullah with Robert Satloff

For two decades, rumors have swirled around the royal succession from Jordan’s King Hussein to his son, King Abdullah II... Read more

19 May 2020

23mins

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The Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices - Strategy with Michael Singh

The Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices - Strategy with Michael Singh

Where does the Middle East fit into America's global strategy, and is the rise of Russian and Chinese great-power compet... Read more

4 Nov 2016

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Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices with Amb. James Jeffrey

Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices with Amb. James Jeffrey

When the forty-fifth president of the United States gets down to work on January 21, 2017, the new commander in chief wi... Read more

21 Sep 2016

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Decision Points Episode 1 with Michael Oren

Decision Points Episode 1 with Michael Oren

"Decision Points" is a new Washington Institute podcast that provides fresh insights into critical moments in the U.S.-I... Read more

31 Oct 2019

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The Abbas-Trump Visit with Ghaith al-Omari, Ehud Yaari, David Makovsky, and Dennis Ross

The Abbas-Trump Visit with Ghaith al-Omari, Ehud Yaari, David Makovsky, and Dennis Ross

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Washington, DC, for only the second time since 2010, and meets with President Tru... Read more

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The Qatar Crisis with Lori Plotkin Boghardt

The Qatar Crisis with Lori Plotkin Boghardt

Gulf politics scholar and former intelligence analyst Lori Plotkin Boghardt explains the Qatar crisis - what it is, why ... Read more

20 Jul 2017

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Airstrikes on Syria

Airstrikes on Syria

In military terms, what did the April 13 allied airstrikes on Syria accomplish? Will deterring the Assad regime from usi... Read more

16 Apr 2018

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Vision 2030 and the Saudi Future with Simon Henderson

Vision 2030 and the Saudi Future with Simon Henderson

Donald Trump is making his first foreign trip as president to the Middle East, with his initial stop in Saudi Arabia. Pr... Read more

19 May 2017

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Erdogan's Empire with Soner Cagaptay

Erdogan's Empire with Soner Cagaptay

"Turkey more isolated, more alone, and more exposed to foreign policy threats than it has been for decades if not centur... Read more

22 Sep 2019

24mins

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Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices with Ambassador Dennis Ross

Middle East 2017: Challenges and Choices with Ambassador Dennis Ross

"Syria is going to hit the next president very hard," warns Ambassador Dennis Ross. A veteran of five administrations, u... Read more

6 Oct 2016

29mins

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Taking Stock of U.S. Counterterrorism Since 9/11 with LTG Michael K. Nagata

Taking Stock of U.S. Counterterrorism Since 9/11 with LTG Michael K. Nagata

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Michael Nagata, director of strategic planning at the National Counterterrorism Center, del... Read more

27 Jul 2018

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Middle East Policy on Capitol Hill with Dana Stroul

Middle East Policy on Capitol Hill with Dana Stroul

Dana Stroul, The Washington Institute's newest research fellow, is a veteran Pentagon and U.S. Senate foreign policy sta... Read more

18 Jan 2019

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The 'Shia Crescent' and Iranian Influence

The 'Shia Crescent' and Iranian Influence

What is the Shia Crescent, and how does Iran’s government exploit it to spread its influence and sow division across the... Read more

30 Jan 2018

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Israeli Security Today with Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, IDF (ret.)

Israeli Security Today with Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, IDF (ret.)

Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkote, IDF (ret.) delivered the 2019 Zeev Schiff Memorial Lecture on Middle East Security earlier this... Read more

30 May 2019

25mins

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Preventing a Third Lebanon War

Preventing a Third Lebanon War

Functioning as a state within the Lebanese state, Hezbollah has accumulated more rockets than many European militaries. ... Read more

26 Oct 2017

22mins

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The UN's Assessment of ISIS & al-Qaeda with Edmund Fitton-Brown

The UN's Assessment of ISIS & al-Qaeda with Edmund Fitton-Brown

The head of the UN team charged with monitoring each group assesses their prospects for bouncing back and recommends fur... Read more

14 Feb 2020

42mins

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Israeli National Security with Maj. Gen. Yair Golan

Israeli National Security with Maj. Gen. Yair Golan

On September 7, distinguished Israeli general Yair Golan, who recently completed service as the IDF’s deputy chief of st... Read more

14 Sep 2017

1hr 4mins

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Northwest Africa with Sarah Feuer

Northwest Africa with Sarah Feuer

The countries of northwest Africa – Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria – may look like islands of stability in a sea of Middl... Read more

17 Mar 2017

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U.S. Iran Policy with Michael Singh

U.S. Iran Policy with Michael Singh

On October 13, President Trump announced a new Iran strategy, including decertifying the 2015 nuclear deal and asking fo... Read more

17 Oct 2017

26mins

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