This week, host Alistair Taylor speaks with Chris Kubecka, Distinguished Chair of the Cyber Security and Emerging Technology Program at the Middle East Institute. Their conversation covers recent cyber trends and developments in the Middle East, President Biden’s trip to the region, and MEI’s new book Cyber War and Cyber Peace: Digital Conflict in the Middle ... Show More
Jun 12
Lebanon at a Crossroads: Sovereignty, Hizballah's Disarmament, and the Road to Reform
MEI Senior Fellow Paul Salem joins the program to assess Lebanon’s rapidly shifting political landscape. With a new president and government promising to enact reforms and reassert sovereignty, Lebanon faces a daunting agenda: disarming Hizballah, rebuilding institutions, navigat ... Show More
37 m
May 22
AI, Tech, and the Future of US-Gulf Relations
Hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj speak with MEI Senior Fellow Mohammed Soliman about President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, which yielded a wave of major US-Gulf tech and AI deals. Soliman explains how these partnerships mark a shift in ... Show More
38m 42s
Jul 2022
President Biden travels to the Middle East
Following President Biden’s first Middle East trip and on the eve of President Putin’s trip to Tehran, Fareed asks Vali Nasr, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University if new cold war divisions are solidifying in the Middle East. Then, ... Show More
39m 47s
Jun 2021
Modern Warfare: A Panel On Cyber-Security
This week, Martha sits down with a panel of military and security experts, General Keith Kellogg, General Anthony Tata, and Morgan Wright to discuss cyber-attacks and security. The panel discusses how the future of warfare is moving beyond explosions and gunfire as hacks on weapo ... Show More
27m 18s
Jun 2022
FIC 2022 : militaires et spécialistes de la cybersécurité main dans la main (Benoit Grunemwald, ESET)
[PARTENARIAT] Le Forum International de la Cybersécurité (FIC), qui s'est tenu cette semaine à Lille, a rassemblé le gratin de la lutte anti-cybercriminalité.
Piratages, attaques par déni de service, phishing, rançongiciels... Les cybercriminels ne dorment jamais. Cette semaine, ... Show More
6m 22s
Feb 2021
Nicole Perlroth, "This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
For years, cybersecurity experts have debated whether cyber-weapons represent a destabilizing new military technology or merely the newest tool in the spies’ arsenal. In This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends (Bloomsbury, 2021), Nicole Perlroth makes a compelling case that cyber ... Show More
59m 4s