Iran, the DNC, and Prospects for a Ceasefire: A conversation with Matt Duss

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with foreign policy analyst Matt Duss about whether the US has lost the war on Iran and whether the Israelis drove the US's entry into the war. They talk about prospects for Democratic party intervention on the war and the ways in which US policy towards Israel may be changed over time, looking at party politics as well as elections. Matthew Duss is Executive Vice-President at the Center for International Policy. Before joining CIP, Duss was a visiting scholar in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 2017-22, Duss was foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). From 2014-17, Duss was the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. From 2008-14 Duss was a National Security and International Policy analyst at the Center for American Progress. Ahmed Moor is a Palestinian-American writer born in Gaza and a Fellow at FMEP. He is an advisory board member of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights, co-editor of After Zionism (Saqi Books) and is currently writing a book about Palestine. He also currently serves on the board of the Independence Media Foundation. His work has been published in The Guardian, The London Review of Books, The Nation, and elsewhere. He earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania and an MPP at Harvard University. You can follow Ahmed on Substack at: https://ahmedmoor.substack.com and on X at @AhmedMoor. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.

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Accountability and the culture of elite impunity in America

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3 Kesä 50min

Unveiling the Israel Lobby

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29 Touko 51min

Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and White Nationalism

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20 Touko 41min

Abraham Discords -- Normalization and Instability

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13 Touko 52min

Israeli Settlements in Lebanon - a Movement Takes Shape

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7 Touko 49min

Gaza's Disappeared

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4 Touko 57min

The Roots of Israel’s Aggression Against Lebanon

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23 Huhti 48min