Recent Episodes
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What Is Israel's Path Forward on Gaza?
Jun 5, 2025 – 33:37 -
Syria Looks to a Future Unburdened from US Sanctions
May 29, 2025 – 46:52 -
AI, Tech, and the Future of US-Gulf Relations
May 22, 2025 – 38:42 -
US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal & the Future of Red Sea Security
May 15, 2025 – 24:14 -
Trump’s Gulf Visit: Strategic Stakes and Symbolic Optics
May 8, 2025 – 34:03 -
Turkey at a Crossroads: Protests, Crackdowns, and the Future of Democracy
May 1, 2025 – 34:48 -
US-Iran Nuclear Talks: A Fragile Opening for Diplomacy
Apr 24, 2025 – 35:21 -
Toni Verstandig on What We’ve Learned—and Forgotten—About Peace
Apr 22, 2025 – 53:15 -
Two Years of War in Sudan and the Elusive Path to Peace
Apr 17, 2025 – 40:53 -
Netanyahu and Israel at War
Apr 10, 2025 – 45:03 -
Frank Lowenstein | Ep. 10
Apr 8, 2025 – 51:33 -
Diplomacy, Technology, and Innovation: Amb. Stuart Jones on the Evolution of US-Middle East Relations
Apr 3, 2025 – 32:52 -
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 7: The Protests and Political Crisis Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future
Apr 1, 2025 – 56:45 -
Dan Shapiro | ‘Taking the Edge Off the Middle East’ ep. 9
Mar 24, 2025 – 01:13:15 -
Ibrahim Dalalsha and Shira Efron| 'Taking the Edge Off the Middle East' Ep. 8
Mar 4, 2025 – 01:15:26 -
NYT bestselling author Kwame Alexander on the intersection of art and social change
Feb 13, 2025 – 20:32 -
Barbara A. Leaf | 'Taking the Edge Off the Middle East' Ep. 7
Feb 6, 2025 – 43:15 -
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 6: Shariah, Democracy, and the Future of Governance in Syria
Jan 29, 2025 – 55:01 -
Norman T. Roule | 'Taking the Edge Off the Middle East' Ep. 6
Dec 20, 2024 – 46:16 -
Trump, Gaza, and the Future of US Policy in the Middle East
Dec 18, 2024 – 51:48 -
End of an era: The fall of the Assad regime
Dec 12, 2024 – 31:24 -
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 5: Impact of Donald Trump’s Election on American Democracy and the World with Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Larry Diamond
Dec 5, 2024 – 48:54 -
How might US-Israeli relations evolve under the Trump administration?
Nov 21, 2024 – 33:14 -
1,000 Days of Russia's Full-Scale War Against Ukraine
Nov 14, 2024 – 46:27 -
Steven A. Cook | ’Taking the Edge Off the Middle East’ Ep. 5
Nov 13, 2024 – 43:29 -
Danielle Pletka | ‘Taking the Edge Off the Middle East’ Ep. 4
Oct 30, 2024 – 37:48 -
The Axis of Resistance Pt. 2: Iran
Oct 24, 2024 – 25:21 -
The Axis of Resistance Pt. 1: the Proxies
Oct 22, 2024 – 37:44 -
Hezbollah, Israel, and the Lebanese Armed Forces
Oct 10, 2024 – 45:09 -
Yemen's Civil War: Ten Years Later
Oct 3, 2024 – 40:29 -
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 4: China's Growing Presence in the Middle East with Dr. F. Gregory Gause and Dr. Jon Alterman
Sep 26, 2024 – 42:32 -
ISIS and the detainee dilemma
Sep 12, 2024 – 27:44 -
ISIS’s enduring threat in Syria and Iraq
Aug 21, 2024 – 28:02 -
Israeli Strikes and the Risk of Regional Escalation
Jul 31, 2024 – 29:16 -
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 3: Economic Conditions and Support for Democracy with Daron Acemoglu and Tamara Cofman Wittes
Jul 11, 2024 – 01:02:17 -
On the Eve of the Washington Summit: Shoring up NATO’s Vulnerable Flanks
Jul 3, 2024 – 36:13 -
Iran's snap presidential elections
Jun 24, 2024 – 33:27 -
Migration in North Africa: EU Engagement & Policies
Jun 13, 2024 – 21:33 -
American Diplomacy Toward Lebanon with Amb. David Hale
May 30, 2024 – 43:17 -
Deterrence Reasserted? Debating Iran's Missile Capabilities and Willingness to Use Force
May 22, 2024 – 44:29 -
Sudan's civil war and its regional impact
May 10, 2024 – 43:19 -
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 2: What is the Rule of Law? With Thomas Carothers and Vali Nasr
Apr 30, 2024 – 48:17 -
Opposition Upset Victory in Turkey's Local Elections
Apr 4, 2024 – 45:20 -
Rethinking Democracy, Ep. 1: Why Does Democracy Flourish? With Francis Fukuyama and Paul Salem
Mar 26, 2024 – 52:13 -
The Evolving Conflict Between Hezbollah and Israel
Mar 11, 2024 – 47:44 -
Interview with Rashid Al Khalifa - Bahraini artist, collector and founder of RAK Art Foundation
Mar 6, 2024 – 37:32 -
What’s next for Pakistan after election shock?
Feb 21, 2024 – 36:29 -
Iran’s 1979 revolution and its resonance today
Feb 13, 2024 – 35:30 -
Spotlight on US Syria policy
Feb 4, 2024 – 29:36 -
The Gaza War's Regional Reverberations
Jan 29, 2024 – 34:36
Recent Reviews
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{amir59}Some excellent, some disappointing...This podcast has some very insightful and informative episodes. However, there are way too many episodes that have nothing to do with the Middle East. A recent episode on Democracy and the US elections was highly unbalanced. While I didn't disagree with some of the dangers highlighted by the interviewees, there was no alternative view. Guests' assertions were treated as facts.
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Jstar333333Israel/UAE/BahrainIt’s interesting that, as so-called experts, I guess they’ve never looked at a map of the Middle East, because they don’t seem to think these three countries exist! Which 3 countries? The Peace and Normalization treaties between Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. You could even link these deals to Iranian colonization of Arab lands and Iranian proxy wars
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Balakay84Great ExpertiseAlways have great scholars on from the US and the region; particularly adept at covering current conflicts in MENA
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