"Untold facts of the 2006 Lebanon War" (...

[Note: This conversation continued for another 30 mins or so. You can listen to the entire episode by becoming a Patron or watch the episode on our YouTube channel linked below] Ammar Ali Jan is a Pakistani political activist, academic, and author. He is founder and general secre ... Show More

***Producer's note: The guest host of this special episode recorded this during the weird 48-hour period where my YouTube channel was banned. It's unbanned now (at least as of today!). Unfortunately, the video recording of this episode got mangled, so I'm not able to post the ent ... Show More

***The first half of an extra-long conversation I had with Adnan Husain on this channel. Check out the full episode on either of your channels or listen to the full audio on my Patreon!*** Join us for a special impromptu edition of Office Hours Sunday Aug 23rd to break down the i ... Show More

Gen. Khalil Helou and Dr. Paul Salem speak with MEI's US-Lebanon Fellow Fadi Nicholas Nassar on the unraveling Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the role of the Lebanese Armed Forces during this critical moment, and the prospects of a political solution in Lebanon and the wider region.  

Negar Mortazavi speaks to Barbara Slavin, a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, about the Israel-Hamas war, US-Iran tensions, the Axis of Resistance, the influence of Arab countries, and the impact of this war in the Middle East on the upcoming US presidenti ... Show More

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi is joined by retired Col. Frank Sobchak, one of the authors of the Army's 1,300-page, two-volume study of the Iraq War. He discusses how the study came into being and why it's important, along with its major conclusions about ... Show More

It looks a lot like all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. Semafor’s Sarah Dadouch has the latest from Beirut and CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh explains Israel's strategy. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Hady Mawajdeh with help from Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Mirand ... Show More

The Iran-Iraq war, 9/11, and the story of Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, from his rise to power, to his assassination, by the U.S., to the power his legacy wields now.This episode originally ran as Soleimani's Iran. You can find more of Throughline's covera ... Show More

CSIS’s Norman Roule, who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing significant programs relating to the Middle East, joins the podcast to discuss the war between Israel and Hezbollah and its wider implications for the region. 

The discussion on the Lebanese Forces starts at 16:59. The third in our party profiles series, Ben and Nizar dive deep into the history and the formation of the Lebanese Forces, from its beginnings as a civil war militia to the fully fledged party structure it has today. See the ... Show More

You can watch the full 90+ minute interview above. I also cut a few clips that resonated with me the most—whether it’s his immediate promise to do everything possible to regain the trust of young Lebanese, most of whom want to leave Lebanon if they haven’t already (or were forced ... Show More