On this week's episode of the podcast, Elham Fakhro of the Harvard Kennedy School joins Marc Lynch to discuss her new book, The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization. In this book, Elham Fakhro demonstrates how shared security concerns, economic interests, and regional political shockwaves led to a surprising strategic con ... Show More
Jan 13
Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War (S. 15, Ep. 1)
Welcome to Season 15 of the POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast! On this week's episode of the podcast, Rana Khoury of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign joins Marc Lynch to discuss her new book, Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War. Khoury ... Show More
46m 45s
Apr 2025
The Revolution within (S. 14, Ep. 13)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Yasmin Moll of the University of Michigan joins Marc Lynch to discuss her new book, The Revolution Within: Islamic Media and the Struggle for a New Egypt. This book challenges conventional accounts of the 2011 revolution and its aftermath as ... Show More
45m 39s
Apr 2025
Road to October 7 (S. 14, Ep. 12)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Erik Skare of the University of Oslo joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Road to October 7: A Brief History of Palestinian Islamism. In this book, Erik Skare argues that Palestinian Islamism is far more complex and dynamic than general ... Show More
48m 41s
Nov 2024
The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization
In this talk, Dr Elham Fakhro, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, launches her new book ‘The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization’ Elham Fakhro is a Research Fellow at the Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center, at the Harvard Ken ... Show More
38m 43s
Aug 2024
Is the Middle East heading for all-out war?
<p>Two assassinations carried out by Israel, one in Beirut and one in Tehran, have brought threats of retaliation from Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hizbollah. Andrew England, the FT’s Middle East editor, discusses whether the latest escalation can be contained with Emile ... Show More
26m 24s
Jul 2024
"Partition was about creating a settler colonial state" w/ Abdel Razzaq Takriti (pt.2)
<p>The second half of the conversation between the brothers and historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti <a href= "https://x.com/abedtakriti">(@abedtakriti)</a>. In this part, they do a deep dive into the Oslo negotiations, the effect of the Camp David Agreement, Yasser Arafat's leadership ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2023
Season 3, Episode 1: John Mearsheimer, How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
Send us a textJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political scientist John Mearsheimer as they discuss Professor Mearsheimer’s latest book, How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy. Hailed as the most influential foreign policy realist of his generation, Mearsheimer and c ... Show More
51m 44s
Apr 2025
Nuclear diplomacy: Trump, Iran and a potential new deal
After years of stalled diplomacy, the US and Iran are back in high-level talks. Surprise meetings have taken place in Oman and Rome, with more expected soon. Could this be President Donald Trump’s long-awaited foreign policy win? Or will competing agendas, regional tensions and i ... Show More
32m 25s
Jan 2025
From the World Economic Forum in Davos: Israeli President Herzog on the Ceasefire Deal
Today on the show, Fareed hosts from Davos, Switzerland, the site of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. He speaks first with Israeli President Isaac Herzog about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and the prospects for a lasting peace.
Next, Iran’s Vice President for Stra ... Show More
41m 10s