The Middle East Forum cordially invites you to this week's podcasts. |
"Shaping Iran's Future"
with Ilan Berman |
Monday, January 13, 2025
1:00PM Eastern Time |
Iran’s political dynamics are shifting rapidly as a range of forces, including economic, religious, and demographic ones, drive a growing rift between the people and their 46-year-old regime. While the U.S. government has never sought the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran, this opportunity raises urgent questions. Should Washington now seek to overthrow the mullahs? How should it approach Iranian opposition groups? To what extent should it coordinate with Israel and other regional powers? |
Ilan Berman is senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council with a focus on the Middle East, Central Asia, and Russia. He has consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency and the departments of State and Defense. The editor of six books, he has written for the Middle East Quarterly as well as Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. He holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, an M.A. from American University, and a J.D. from the Washington College of Law. |
Israel Insider with Ashley Perry |
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
3:00PM Eastern Time |
What are the remaining stumbling blocks to a deal freeing the Israeli hostages held by Hamas? What if there is no deal by the time Trump assumes office in five days? |
Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as adviser to Israel's minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15, and has also worked with Israel's Ministers of Intelligence, Agriculture and Rural Development, Energy, Water and Infrastructure, Defense, Tourism, Internal Security, and Immigrant Absorption and as an advisor to The Negev Forum. Originally from the U.K., he moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a B.A. from University College London and an M.A. from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). |
The Middle East Forum, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual and operational means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government. |
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