Audio/Video Blog

The Debate over Arab and Muslim Public Opinion

April 19, 2008

David Pollock and Dalia Mogahed discussed the nature and measurement of Arab public opinion at The Washington Institute's Special Policy Forum on April 17, 2008.

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Robin Wright + Tony Cordesman

April 5, 2008

Robin Wright, "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" interviewed by Anthony Cordesman

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Iraq war and Arab democracy

April 3, 2008

BBC's Magdi Abdelhadi reports from Egypt on how the dream of a democratic Arab world went awry.

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How war has changed Iraq

April 3, 2008

BBC's Jim Muir evaluates how war has changed Iraq -- from the start of the invasion to the handover

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Iraq's war and America's image

April 3, 2008

John Simpson, the BBC's World Affairs Editor, examines the impact of the Iraq War on America's international reputation.

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Iraq, Iran, and regional balance

April 3, 2008

The BBC's Lyse Doucet looks at how the Iraq War changed the regional balance of power in the Middle East, and helped Iran assume a new role.

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Hizbullah's post-war dilemma

March 28, 2008

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 19 March, Chief of Army Visiting Fellow Colonel Rodger Shanahan discussed the current status of Lebanese Hizbullah and how political forces may shape its future in a presentation entitled 'Hizbullah's post-war dilemma: walking the Lebanese political tightrope?'

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The Battle for Basra and the Race for the White House

March 27, 2008

President Bush has high praise for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's crackdown on Shiite militias, but there's a lot at stake for both leaders. Maliki's political future and US troop withdrawals are both at risk. What could it all mean for McCain, Obama and Clinton? Also, US officials are accused of "meddling" in Pakistan, and the African president who won't leave.

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Islam in Saudi Arabia's Politics

March 27, 2008

Bernard Haykel asks, what role does Islam actually play in Saudi Arabia's politics and society?

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The Hamas Dilemma: A Debate on Alternate Strategies

March 26, 2008

By The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Robert Satloff and Robert Malley discussed differing views on engagement with Hamas at a Washington Institute Special Policy Forum on March 19, 2008.

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Arab Unity from Al Jazeeera

January 31, 2008

Al Jazeera English airs a nine-part series on the history of Arab unity. Here are the first two parts, dealing largely with Nasserism.

Part One


Part Two

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Bush to ME: Kechichian

January 9, 2008

An interview with Joseph Kechichian, visiting fellow at Pepperdine University and author of Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies: A Reference Guide. Worldview, WBEZ, January 7, 2008

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Bush to ME: Satloff, Clawson

January 9, 2008

To preview the president's Middle East trip and what it may suggest about U.S. policy in the region in 2008, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy invited Patrick Clawson and Robert Satloff to address a special policy forum, January 7, 2008.

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Juan Cole: Bonaparte to Bush

December 16, 2007

Napoleon in Egypt and George Bush in Iraq were book-end fiascos, Juan Cole argues--for neatly opposite reasons. Napoleon was too early in Egypt--before the Ottoman sick-man was ripe for dismemberment, before European arms could overwhelm native resistance. George Bush hit Iraq too late, Cole says, long after bullying colonialism's day was done. Open Source with John Lydon, December 14, 2007.

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US-Israel dialogue on Iran

December 8, 2007

Chuck Freilich and Geoffrey Kemp discussed U.S.-Israeli strategic cooperation on Iran--and the conclusions of the latest National Intelligence Estimate--at a special policy forum of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on December 4, 2007.

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