Podcast: Shany Mor on What Makes America’s Peace Processors Tick
February 17, 2021 | By: Shany Mor

Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. The peace process between Israel and the Palestinians has in the last several decades sucked up more American attention, time, and resources than nearly any other conflict in the world. Presidents, cabinet secretaries, national-security officials, […]
Read MorePodcast: Michael Oren on Writing Fiction and Serving Israel
January 21, 2021 | By: Michael Oren

Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. Very few contemporary public figures have had as many successes in as many fields as Michael Oren. A writer-statesman in the model of Thucydides, Oren was Israel’s ambassador to the United States during the Obama […]
Read MorePodcast: Dore Gold on the Strategic Importance of the Nile River and the Politics of the Red Sea
January 7, 2021

Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. In the water-scarce Middle East, water that can be used for drinking and agriculture is of premium importance. The entire ancient civilization of imperial Egypt grew up around the Nile River and its basin, and […]
Read MorePodcast: Ambassador Ron Dermer Looks Back on His Years in Washington
December 9, 2020 | By: Ron Dermer

Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. From the Iran Deal to the rise of and fall of ISIS, from Israel’s year of inconclusive elections to a pandemic that has ravaged globe, the second decade of the 21st century has been history-making for both the United […]
Read MorePodcast: Richard Goldberg on the Future of Israeli-Saudi Relations
December 3, 2020 | By: Richard Goldberg

Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. It has been widely reported that, in late November of 2020, the Israeli prime minister secretly flew to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with the kingdom’s crown prince. That these two leaders met at all is noteworthy; that they […]
Read MorePodcast: Dan Senor on the Start-Up Nation and COVID-19
October 1, 2020 | By: Dan Senor

Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. The Coronavirus pandemic has undermined years of economic growth and sent hundreds of thousands of Israelis onto the unemployment rolls. How can Israel—the legendary “start-up nation”—recover from this economic crisis? Dan Senor, co-author with […]
Read MorePodcast: Jared Kushner on His Approach to Middle East Diplomacy
August 25, 2020 | By: Jared Kushner

Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Though substantial progress is rarely made, peace in the Middle East is the holy grail of every American presidential administration and the subject of endless analysis and discussion. The amount of time and effort […]
Read MorePodcast: Ambassador Ron Dermer on the Israel-U.A.E. Accord
August 20, 2020 | By: Ron Dermer

Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. One week ago, the president of the United States, the prime minister of Israel, and the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates together announced the normalization of relations between the U.A.E. and Israel. […]
Read MorePodcast: Michael Doran on China‘s Drive for Middle Eastern Supremacy
August 5, 2020 | By: Michael Doran

Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Last year, a former Obama-era Defense Department official testified before Congress about Chinese strategy in the Middle East, saying “China’s strategy in the Middle East is driven by its economic interests…China…does not appear interested […]
Read MorePodcast: Peter Berkowitz on Unalienable Rights, the American Tradition, and Foreign Policy
July 30, 2020 | By: Peter Berkowitz

Press play below to listen to the podcast, you can also find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Just over a year ago, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo created the new Commission on Unalienable Rights, tasked with “provid[ing] the Secretary of State advice and recommendations concerning international human rights matters” as well […]
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