The Gulf
The Middle East Program, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, International Security Program, Transnational Threats Project, Burke Chair in Strategy, and Emeritus Chair in Strategy study the evolving political, economic, and security context of the GCC states, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen.
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A Mezze: Untying the Knot
To bring divorce rates down in Egypt, the government is intervening before couples tie the knot in the first place.
Podcast Episode — January 17, 2023

Jihad Azour: The Middle East's Economic Outlook
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Daniel Sharp — January 10, 2023

A Mezze: Weed Whacking
Podcast Episode — January 3, 2023

Khalid Albaih: The Information Bubble
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — December 27, 2022

A Mezze: Blame it on the Bitcoin
Podcast Episode — December 20, 2022
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Jihad Azour: The Middle East's Economic Outlook
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Daniel Sharp — January 10, 2023


Khalid Albaih: The Information Bubble
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — December 27, 2022

A Mezze: Blame it on the Bitcoin
Podcast Episode — December 20, 2022

C. Raja Mohan: India's Middle East Strategy
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — December 13, 2022

A Mezze: Patching Jordan's Water Leaks
Podcast Episode — December 6, 2022

World Cup Geopolitics
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Jon B. Alterman — December 1, 2022

Tamar Hermann: Israel's Rightward Shift
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Daniel Sharp — November 29, 2022

