Taking the Edge Off the Middle East
Taking the Edge Off the Middle East
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MEI’s Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy Brian Katulis sits down with a cast of friends, colleagues, and fellow MENA policy professionals for casual conversations on the most important happenings in the Middle East today.
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Explores evolving US foreign policy, regional conflicts, and diplomatic strategies within the Middle East, with episodes covering critical topics such as the Israel-Hamas war, the implications of US electoral shifts, and the dynamics of Middle Eastern politics.
MEI’s Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy Brian Katulis sits down with a cast of friends, colleagues, and fellow MENA policy professionals for casual conversations on the most important happenings in the Middle East today.
Brian sits down with Andrew J. Tabler, the Martin J. Gross Senior Fellow in the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute, to trace his unique and distinctive path from Oil City, Pennsylvania, to fourteen years living and working in the Middle East. Tabler discusses his time in Syria under the Assad regime, his service as director for Syria at the National Security Council and as senior advisor to the Special Envoy for Syria Engagement at the US State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the first Trump administration, and explains how these experiences shaped his perspective and inspired him to found the Drake Energy Forum. Learn more about the Drake Energy Forum here. Listen to Taking the Edge Off the Middle East on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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