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Wait Just a Minute: Graeme Wood

Brittany Broaders's blog Journalist Graeme Wood, author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State, takes a minute to discuss the difference between ISIS and Al Qaeda, and if ISIS has truly been defeated. Wait Just a Minute: Graem ...

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President's Club Program: Is Israel's Democracy Broken?

In March, Israelis will go to the polls for the third time in 12 months. The inability of incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government, his indictment for corruption, and growing divisions within Israeli society are testing the young d ...

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Wait Just a Minute: Kathryn Koob

Molly Meyer's blog In this episode of Wait Just a Minute, Kathryn Koob, a former American Embassy employee held hostage in Iran, takes a minute to answer questions about Tehran in 1979, what helped her most during her 444 days of captivity, and her a ...

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Deep Dish: Now Iraq's Parliament Votes to Expel US Forces. Why?

John Cookson's blog mh_iraq-parliament_870x480.jpg Following the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani last week, Iraq’s parliament voted to ask the prime minister to oust US forces from the country. It comes after violent protests in Iraq aga ...

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Deep Dish: Iran's Retaliation Against the US Is Not One and Done

mh_iran-soleimani_870x480.jpg John Cookson's blog Earlier this week, in retaliation for the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, Iran fired a dozen missiles on two bases in Iraq housing US troops. After, President Trump said Iran "appea ...

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US-Iran Conflict: Prospects for De-Escalation

While the US-Iran relationship has been strained for the past 40 years, tensions sharply escalated after a US drone strike killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani earlier this month. Iran’s response, targeting two American bases in Iraq with missile ...

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LIVE STREAM: From Islam to Oil: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Influence

A regional powerhouse, Saudi Arabia’s significance in the Middle East is undeniable. With oil prices now at their lowest point in decades, following a protracted price war with Russia and plummeting demand under the COVID-19 pandemic, join journalist Krit ...