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
Jun 4
Ba‘thist Iraq through Archives (S. 15, Ep. 13)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Samuel Helfont of the Naval War College at the Naval Postgraduate School joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new edited volume, Ba‘thist Iraq through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities (co-edited with Lisa Blaydes). This volu ... Show More
44m 21s
May 28
Outlasting the War on Terror in Iraq (S. 15, Ep. 12)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Kali Rubaii of Purdue University joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Resurgency: Outlasting the War on Terror in Iraq. The book expands the temporal and descriptive categories of what war is—and what resistance looks like. By asking wh ... Show More
42m 27s
May 21
Force Without Authority (S. 15, Ep. 11)
On this week's episode of the podcast, Jason Brownlee of University of Austin-Texas joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Force Without Authority: America's Wars in the Middle East and South Asia. The book explores why the United States' costliest military operations since Vi ... Show More
41m 35s
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
Jun 2025
EP 51 - Vali Nasr: Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History
In episode 51 of Tahrir Podcast, Professor Vali Nasr joined to discuss his new book, Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History (Princeton University Press, 2025).Drawing on decades of internal debates, foreign policy shifts, and national security doctrine, the book unpacks how t ... Show More
55m 19s
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
Oct 2024
Regional war in the Middle East: Anatomy of conflict one year after 7 October
<p>One year on from the murderous attacks of 7 October 2023, the Middle East is in the middle of an escalating regional war. This week, <strong>Mark Leonard</strong> welcomes <strong>Julien Barnes-Dacey</strong>, director of ECFR’s MENA programme; <strong>Elli ... Show More
34m 48s
<p class="" data-start="128" data-end="218"><em><strong data-start= "128" data-end="218">Note:</strong> We're excited to announce that 'Taking the Edge Off the Middle East' is moving to its own channel! Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts to c ... Show More
