Middle East - Audio
65 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Middle East Program heads CSIS’s work on the region, which analyzes a wide range of political, security, and socioeconomic issues related to the Middle East and North Africa, with special attention to the ways that changes in the Middle East and North Africa have effects beyond the region.
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Iraqi Public Opinion on the 2018 Parliamentary Elections
March 28, 2018 17:30 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBJoin CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy for a discussion with Dr. Munqith Dagher, who will present findings from a major series of public opinion surveys and analyses of Iraqi public opinion on the country's 2018 parliamentary elections in May. Dr. Dagher is the CEO of the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies (IIACSS), and a leading Iraqi expert on polling and public opinion analysis. Hosted by Anthony Cordesman, Dr. Dagher's presentation will explore the variou...
Celebrating Women and Girls: Change Agents for Food and Nutrition Security in Conflict Settings
March 28, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBCurrent social movements have focused an overdue spotlight on the disadvantages faced by women and girls around the world. Join us for a discussion of both the challenges of persistent gender inequality and the inspiring strength and resilience of women and girls, especially vis-à-vis their contributions to food and nutrition security in unstable environments. Natural and manmade disasters often reinforce and even augment gender disparities, undermining women’s prospects for recovery. The ...
"Little Sparta" and the Gulf’s New Nationalism
March 27, 2018 12:45 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this episode, Jon Alterman speaks to Dr. Kristin Smith Diwan, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. Kristin situates the UAE’s conscription program in the context of a “new nationalism” in Gulf Arab countries that seeks in part to galvanize citizens to contribute more actively to the state. Kristin also discusses how more specific identities—gender, socioeconomic class, and local affiliations—may shape how Emiratis and other Gulf citizens experience the...
Enlisting the Emirates
March 20, 2018 14:15 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, Jon Alterman speaks to Dr. F. Gregory Gause, professor of international affairs and head of the international affairs department at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Greg assesses the durability of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) conscription project, its potential to spread beyond the UAE, and what the program reveals about the strategic thinking of the UAE's leadership. The UAE’s choices—not least the use of a military model for soc...
Rethinking Civil Society Sustainability
February 20, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBPlease join the Human Rights Initiative for a discussion about civil society resiliency and sustainability. The current phenomenon of closing civic space prompts civil society actors to explore alternative programmatic and funding models and approaches to sustain their work. It also urges donors to find ways that mutually respond to the challenges confronted by civil society organizations and to their funding priorities. During this event, experts will discuss adaptability challenges both do...
Of Russia in the Middle East - Russian Roulette Episode #51
February 13, 2018 22:45 - 31 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this edition of Russian Roulette, Jeff sits down with Maxim Suchkov, editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Mideast coverage and a non-resident expert at Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). They discuss the conflict in Syria and Russia’s diplomacy towards finding a resolution to that conflict, Russia’s bilateral relationship with Turkey and other Mideast state and non-state actors, and much more. To hear more from Maxim, check out his recent publications, here: https://www.al-monitor...
Geostrategic Flashpoint: The Eastern Mediterranean
February 12, 2018 14:00 - 59 minutes - 62.4 MBThe Eastern Mediterranean forms a geostrategic seam between Europe and the Middle East. For over seventy years, the region represented a strategic anchor for the United States, which understood its importance both to strengthening Europe and to limiting instability in the Middle East. Today, the United States and its allies are struggling to adapt a coherent Eastern Mediterranean regional policy that acknowledges dramatically new economic, political, and security realities while ensuring tha...
Stabilizing Raqqa: Connecting Current Operations to U.S. Policy Objectives
February 05, 2018 14:30 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBCSIS invites you to join a panel discussion on local Syrian and Coalition stabilization efforts in Raqqa featuring experts from USAID, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense, and CSIS. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Coalition forces drove ISIS from its self-proclaimed caliphate capital in Raqqa in 2017. Enduring security in ISIS-cleared areas now depends on local governance and restoration of services. Following a recent visit to Raqqa, Syria by Ambassador Mark Gre...
Book Launch: "Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine"
February 01, 2018 20:30 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBPlease join us for a presentation and armchair discussion with Alex de Waal, the author of “Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.” Considered one of the leading experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, de Waal has crafted a comprehensive history of modern famines and the factors that influence their origins, duration, and severity in his latest book. This work is particularly timely with an unprecedented number of countries facing possible famine conditions in 2018—Nigeria, So...
Freedom of the Press Under Attack
January 10, 2018 15:15 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBListen as the Human Rights Initiative discuss about the state of freedom of the press and modern challenges facing the media. Journalists today not only face threats to their safety from state and non-state actors, but also must fight for the very idea of truth and objectivity.
OPEC's World Oil Outlook 2017
December 07, 2017 19:00 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBThe CSIS Energy and National Security Program is pleased to host the U.S. launch of OPEC's World Oil Outlook 2017 (WOO). The WOO is OPEC's outlook for medium- and long-term oil supply, demand, and downstream to 2040, factoring in the latest developments in global oil markets and OPEC production adjustments. The analysis includes the impacts of worldwide shifts in demographics, emissions reductions, and technological development in the oil sector. A presentation of WOO 2017 will be given...
Sanctions: Energy & Geopolitics
December 04, 2017 20:15 - 34 minutes - 47 MBIran, Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea, individually and collectively, present complex challenges to U.S. policymaking and national security. Each country lies at the center of ongoing debate among the United States and its allies about the future role and efficacy of sanctions. Liz Rosenberg (Senior Fellow and Director, CNAS Energy, Economics and Security Program) and Sarah Ladislaw (Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Energy & National Security Program) discuss recent sanctions developmen...
Book Launch: "The Political History of American Food Aid: An Uneasy Benevolence"
November 16, 2017 20:30 - 1 hour - 102 MBThe U.S. has long played a leading role in delivering food aid in response to natural disasters, conflict, and acute hunger around the world. The remarkable growth in domestic agricultural productivity over the last century has produced millions of tons of grain surpluses that have time and again helped to avert hunger and famine abroad. In his new book, Barry Riley traces the complex history of American food aid since 1794 and exposes the political processes that have shaped it. The story...
Report Launch: Building Young People’s Resilience to Violent Extremism in MENA
November 15, 2017 19:30 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBPlease join the Human Rights Initiative and the British Council All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the launch of a new report, Building Young People’s Resilience to Violent Extremism in the Middle East and North Africa. This report analyzes the upstream drivers of violent extremism, explores successful efforts to prevent violent extremism, and examines how international organizations can build the capacity of individuals to be less vulnerable to terrorist recruitment. Expert panelists...
The 2018 Farm Bill: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in Agricultural Research and Development
November 13, 2017 20:30 - 1 hour - 115 MBThe 2014 Farm Bill – a critical piece of legislation that authorizes a multitude of U.S. food and agricultural programs – is up for renewal in 2018. Funding for agricultural research constitutes only a small fraction of the total Farm Bill budget. However, Farm Bill authorizations are the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s primary source of revenue for conducting agricultural science, extension, and education programming through both its own agencies and Land Grant institutions. Despite hi...