Middle East Forum Podcast

Rear Admiral Dharmendra Wettewa is presently assigned to the Sri Lanka Embassy in USA as the Minister Defence. He functioned as the Director General Operations of the Sri Lanka Navy since May 2015 until he joined the present assignment. Rear Admiral DMB Wettewa joined the Sri Lanka Navy as an Officer Cadet in January 1984 and in 2014 he attended the National Defence Collage in New Delhi where he c...

President Trump vetoes a congressional resolution condemning American involvement in the Yemeni civil war, a new Saudi ambassador arrives in Washington, and a CAIR official is caught in another anti-semitic incident.

The presidents of Sudan and Algeria have been deposed by their respective militaries after street protests rocked Khartoum and Algiers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel looks close to a record 5th term in office. Tzvi Kahn, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies gives an overview of the Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps terrorism designation by the U.S. governme...

Facing four criminal investigations and his first real political challenge after a decade in as prime minister, how do things look for Benjamin Netanyahu staying another term in office? Listen to Gregg Roman, the Middle East Forum’s director, for a preview of the elections to the 21st Knesset with an in-depth introduction to the parties, key players, issues, media, and the polls of the April 9 ele...

The latest from New York and Los Angeles Counter Islamist Grid Associates.

David Reaboi, star of the new documentary: Blood Money, takes an hour to discuss influence, policy, and brinkmanship from the Qatari lobby in Washington DC.

Benjamin Baird lays out his new article and Ofra Bengio breaks down the Kurdish issue in the Middle East.

Aaron Balshan launches his new project, the Partisan Review; and Kyle Shideler takes us into the North Virginia special election putting an alleged antisemite into the state house of delegates.

A review of campus Middle East and Islamic Studies activity for February, 2019.

An hour long interview with Middle East Forum president and founder, Daniel Pipes. We go through the ups, downs, and the plans for the future.

The Chinese are expanding their economic sphere of influence to encompass the entire Asian continent. What does this portend for American influence in the Middle East?

Sam Westrop, director of Islamist Watch, and Winfield Myers, director of Campus Watch break down the week's news.

Raymond Ibrahim And Jonathan Cole - Egyptian Copts, Democrats, and Islamists, Oh My! by Middle East Forum

Our first show after Tlaib, Omar, and AOC have been sworn in. What portends for politics in DC after the 2018 mid-term election?

Efraim Inbar is the founder of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies.

Efraim Inbar is president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, a professor emeritus of political studies at Bar-Ilan University, and former director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. He earned his undergraduate degree in English literature and political science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and his doctoral degree in political science from the University of Ch...

David Reaboi, Vice President of the Security Studies Group discusses Qatari influence over Jamal Khashoggi, and Winfield Myers joins the program for a roundup of the top Middle East stories in 2018.

Samantha Mandeles and Oren Litwin of Islamist Watch review the years top stories concerning American Islamists in 2018.

For over a decade, Shireen Qudosi has furthered the cause of progressive Islam both through her blog, The Qudosi Chronicles and by working with a diverse network of activists within the global Muslim community. She was also named one of the top ten North American Muslim Reformers in 2011.

The Counter-Islamist Grid is a network of local researchers and activists operating around the United States and Canada, documenting and working to counter the activities of local Islamist groups in their own hometowns by: researching and writing articles identifying Islamist bad actors on the local scene, preparing detailed research reports regarding local Islamist networks, briefing local offici...

The latest news, analysis, and opinion from the Middle East!

The latest on the Middle East, live from Philadelphia, every Wednesday at 10AM EST.

Host Gregg Roman discusses the 2018 U.S. election results, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and the return of Iran sanctions,.

Arsen Ostrovsky is the Executive Director of the Israeli-Jewish Congress and a leading international human rights lawyer, political analyst and commentator, with a focus on Israel and the Middle East. Arsen has testified & spoken in support of Israel before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, United Nations in New York, the European Parliament, the Knesset and various capitals and high-leve...

Middle East Forum director, Gregg Roman hosts an hour of informative, controversial and intelligent talk radio with weekly guests who offer expert perspectives and commentary on Middle Eastern and global affairs. Tune in to hear about topics ranging from the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, what’s next after we’ve defeated ISIS, the potential of withdrawing American troops from the region, and m...