Al-Monitor’s newsletter and content editor, Gabrielle Debinski, joins host Adam Lucente to discuss Australia’s decision to expel the Iranian ambassador after alleging the Islamic Republic was behind two antisemitic attacks in the country, and the significance of the move for Australia’s relations with both Iran and Israel.
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Nov 19
SDF head Kobane addresses Dahuk conference: significance for Kurdish unity, Syria integration, Turkey
<p>Al-Monitor’s chief correspondent, Amberin Zaman, joins host Adam Lucente for a dispatch from the Middle East Peace & Security Forum in the Iraqi Kurdistan city of Dahuk. Listen as they discuss what Syrian Democratic Forces commander Mazlum Kobane’s participation at the for ... Show More
10m 53s
Nov 18
Trump pledges to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia: implications for Middle East power balance
<p>Al-Monitor’s Pentagon correspondent, Jared Szuba, joins host Adam Lucente to discuss US President Donald Trump’s pledge to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, including what such a deal would mean for the balance of po ... Show More
15m 25s
Nov 14
Saudi Crown Prince to meet Trump at White House with AI in focus
<p>Al-Monitor’s senior market research analyst, Samuel Wendel, joins host Adam Lucente to preview Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s trip to the White House. Listen as they delve into the reasons past deals on AI and chips have yet to materialize, whether President Donald T ... Show More
11m 35s
Jul 2025
Why the PKK and its campaign for Kurdish rights are not history
<p>On July 11, a group of PKK fighters burned their weapons in a ceremony marking the end of their forty-year-long armed campaign against the Kurdish state. Aliza Marcus, a leading expert on the militant group, says it is too early to determine whether the PKK will abandon armed ... Show More
41m 8s
Jul 2025
Turkey's military might will never open doors to EU membership, says Euro-MP Nacho Sánchez Amor
<p>Nacho Amor is the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey. Speaking to Al-Monitor, he blasts EU leaders for their silence over Turkey's appalling human rights record, including the jailing of more than a dozen democratically elected mayors from the main opposition CHP party ... Show More
23m 21s
Mar 2025
What do the mass protests mean for future of Turkey & Erdogan?
<p>Since last week, Turkey has been rocked by mass protests over the jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, on thinly-evidence corruption and terrorism charges. These protests are widely seen as the most significant challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sin ... Show More
29m 23s