From the Vatican to Strait of Hormuz | Power, Faith, and War Across the Middle East
This week, the line between religion, politics, and power blurred in ways that go beyond headlines.A public clash between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV.Rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.And a...
18 Apr 11min
Mouin Rabbani | Iran, Israel, the U.S. — and the War Reshaping the Middle East
The war was expected to last days. Instead, it is reshaping the entire Middle East.In this episode, Mouin Rabbani examines how a conflict that was never meant to escalate is now expanding across the r...
15 Apr 45min
Randa Slim | Hezbollah, Lebanon, Iran, and the Collapse of the Middle East Order
This is one of the most revealing analyses of Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Iran you will hear today.Randa Slim breaks down how Hezbollah operates beyond the “proxy” label, why Lebanon is under pressure fro...
12 Apr 1h 12min
Iran–US Talks in Islamabad: A Real Deal or Just a Pause Before the War Resumes?
Direct Iran–US talks have begun in Islamabad.This Brief breaks down what is on the table — from the Strait of Hormuz and sanctions to nuclear limits — and whether this is a real path to peace or just ...
11 Apr 12min
Roger Higginson | On War in Iran and the Middle East — Why the West Doesn’t Understand Its Enemies
In a candid and open conversation, Dr. Roger Higginson challenges some of the most deeply held assumptions in Western policy and thinking.From Iran to Russia, he argues that what the West sees as aggr...
9 Apr 1h
OONA HATHAWAY - IS THE IRAN WAR ILLEGAL? | ON TRUMP, INTERNATIONAL LAW & THE UN CHARTER.
In this episode of Frontlines & Backrooms, we speak with Professor Oona Hathaway (Yale Law School), one of the leading experts on international law and the use of force, and a former advisor at the Pe...
5 Apr 52min
Trump's Iran War Speech Explained — What It Said, What It Hid
The president of the most powerful country in the world addressed the nation.The message was meant to project control.Instead, it revealed something else.No clear strategy.No defined objective.No real...
4 Apr 11min
Joseph Cirincione | Iran War: Nuclear Risk, U.S. Strategy, and What Comes Next
In this conversation with Joseph Cirincione, we examine the war in Iran beyond the headlines — not as a sequence of events, but as a failure of strategy.We discuss how a deal was on the table just day...
1 Apr 1h 6min
