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 Beirut and the assassination of Hamas political leade...
31 Jul 202429min
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 citizens in America and across the globe are losing fait...
11 Jul 20241h 2min
On the Eve of the Washington Summit: Shoring up NATO's Vulnerable Flanks
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 founding. But the NATO heads of state and governme...
3 Jul 202436min
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 elections, set to be held on June 28th, following th...
24 Jun 202433min
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 Studies for Counter-Productive Anti-Migration Poli...
13 Jun 202421min
American Diplomacy Toward Lebanon with Amb. David Hale
Ambassador David Hale joins MEI's US-Lebanon Fellow Fadi Nicholas Nassar to discuss his book American Diplomacy Toward Lebanon: Lessons in Foreign Policy and the Middle East. They cover takeaways from...
30 Mai 202443min
Deterrence Reasserted? Debating Iran's Missile Capabilities and Willingness to Use Force
On this week's episode, David DesRoches and Abdolrasool (Farzam) Divsallar, a Non-Resident Scholar with MEI's Iran Program, speak to MEI Managing Editor Matthew Czekaj on Iran's April 13 missile and d...
22 Mai 202444min
Sudan's civil war and its regional impact
On this week's episode, Jehanne Henry, Mirette Mabrouk, and MEI Editor-In-Chief Alistair Taylor discuss Sudan's civil war and its regional impact. The conflict began on April 15th, 2023, when fighting...
10 Mai 202443min
