Middle East

The Middle East Program heads CSIS’s work on the region, which analyzes a wide range of political, security, and socioeconomic issues related to the Middle East and North Africa, with special attention to the ways that changes in the Middle East and North Africa have effects beyond the region.

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U.S.-Israeli Military Exercises

Wall Street Journal Middle East Correspondent Dion Nissenbaum joins the podcast to discuss his reporting from aboard the U.S. George H.W. Bush in the Mediterranean Sea while the United States and Israel conducted their largest-ever military exercises, and Israel’s drone strike inside Iran just days later.  

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz — February 2, 2023

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Jon B. Alterman

Jon B. Alterman

Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program
Seth G. Jones

Seth G. Jones

Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program

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Babel: Translating the Middle East

A Mezze: Lebanon's Brewing Crisis

Some Lebanese investors have turned to the beer and wine industry as the Lebanese economy tumbles and holding dollar deposits in banks becomes riskier.

Podcast Episode — July 19, 2022

CSIS Babel
The Truth of the Matter

Biden’s Mideast Visit

CSIS’s Jon Alterman joins the podcast to discuss President Biden’s visit to the Middle East and what the administration can gain strategically from the trip.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Jon B. Alterman — July 13, 2022

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Energy 360°

President Biden’s Middle East Trip

This week, Raad Alkadiri, Managing Director for Energy, Climate & Resources at the Eurasia Group and an CSIS affiliate and Ben Cahill, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program talk about President’s upcoming trip to the Middle East.  

Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill and Raad Alkadiri — July 11, 2022

CSIS Energy 360
Babel: Translating the Middle East

A Mezze: No Milk, No Honey

Israel has more vegans per capita than any other country. Within that community is tremendous diversity.

Podcast Episode — July 5, 2022

CSIS Babel
Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast

Rescuing Heroes: The White Helmets in Syria

Erin Clancy, Public Policy Manager for Strategic Response Policy at Meta and Kathleen discussed Erin’s involvement in rescuing the White Helmets out of Syria in 2018.

Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — June 29, 2022

CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power
Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet

Sportswashing: The Human Rights Implications of Mega Sporting Events

This episode of Intersections reviews the human rights news of the week, including the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act going into effect, and the initiative by the UK government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Human Rights Initiative Director Marti Flacks also discusses major developments in the world of sports and the unexpected human rights connections there with Mary Harvey, CEO of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights.

Podcast Episode by ​Marti Flacks — June 28, 2022

CSIS Inter Sections
Babel: Translating the Middle East

Frank Verrastro: The Middle East and Global Energy Markets

Jon speaks with Frank Verrastro about price volatility and the Middle East's role in the global energy market.

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Caleb Harper — June 28, 2022

CSIS Babel
The Truth of the Matter

Israel Dissolves Government

CSIS’s Jon Alterman joins the podcast to talk about the fall of Israel’s coalition government, what happens next, and Israel’s relationships in the Middle East.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Jon B. Alterman — June 24, 2022

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