FDD Events Podcast

Mar 07 2025 249 ep. 34 mins 58
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Listen in on FDD Events featuring discussions on today’s most pressing national security and foreign policy challenges and opportunities with top policymakers and leading experts. Webpage: https://www.fdd.org/events/

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FDD Morning Brief | feat. Giran Ozcan (Mar. 7)

Mar 07 2025 23 mins  
WHO ARE THE KURDS, AND HOW DO THEY FIT INTO THE MIDDLE EAST PUZZLE?HEADLINE 1: The U.S. Air Force conducted a joint exercise with the Israeli Air Force on Tuesday.HEADLINE 2: Clashes broke out in Syria between Assad loyalists and the new government’s security forces.HEADLINE 3: The Trump administration is getting creative with its maximum pressure campaign.BONUS HEADLINE 4: Syria

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Wendy Sachs (Mar. 5)

Mar 05 2025 23 mins  
CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM POST-OCTOBER 7HEADLINE 1: The State Department designated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.HEADLINE 2: Russian missile experts travelled to Iran twice last year.HEADLINE 3: Turkey and Iran are at loggerheads. --FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Wendy Sachs, director of "Oc

Powering National Security: Energy Policy in the US and Beyond

Mar 04 2025 74 mins  
Nations pursue access to reliable, sustainable, and affordable energy that will sustain their national security objectives. While the China-Russia led alliance continues to rely largely on fossil fuels, Western countries increasingly seek to replace these traditional energy sources with renewable offerings, leading to less reliable and more expensive electricity. This has profound

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Henri Barkey (Mar. 3)

Mar 03 2025 22 mins  
TURKEY'S TIES TO SYRIA AND ERDOGAN'S DYNAMIC WITH TRUMPHEADLINE 1: The IDF says it is ready to defend an endangered Druze community in Syria.HEADLINE 2: Lebanese authorities detained a man at the airport in Beirut on Friday. HEADLINE 3: The Trump administration is expediting the delivery of some $4 billion in military aid to Israel.--FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer deli

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Adam Tarsi (Feb. 28)

Feb 28 2025 27 mins  
THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP FROM A DEFENSE PERSPECTIVEHEADLINE 1: The Iran sanctions keep on coming.HEADLINE 2: Israeli authorities arrested yet another Israeli citizen accused of spying for Iran. HEADLINE 3: A car-ramming attack unfolded at a bus stop near the Israeli city of Caesarea yesterday.--FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Ted Deutch (Feb. 26)

Feb 26 2025 24 mins  
ANTISEMITISM AND A NEW MIDDLE EASTHEADLINE 1: The Trump administration escalated its maximum pressure campaign on Iran with a new round of sanctions.HEADLINE 2: Things are getting hairy between Syria’s new leadership and the Israeli government.HEADLINE 3: Speaking of Syria, an Israeli journalist uncovered troves of classified intelligence from the fallen Assad regime at Iran’s

The Day After: Yair Lapid’s Vision for a Peaceful Middle East

Feb 25 2025 62 mins  
After nearly a year and half of war following Hamas’s brutal October 7 attacks, Israeli society has proven its resilience and strength. The IDF has had a series of military successes against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and in Iran – though substantial challenges remain, in particular the return of all the hostages from Gaza.Paired with global poli

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Idit Ohel (Feb. 24)

Feb 24 2025 22 mins  
THE HOSTAGE CRISIS: THE STORY OF ALON OHELHEADLINE 1: Israeli authorities have arrested 10 people suspected of smuggling arms from Jordan into Israel.HEADLINE 2: The IDF deployed tanks to the West Bank city of Jenin.HEADLINE 3: The IDF carried out a series of airstrikes in Lebanon ahead of Nasrallah’s funeral.--FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updat

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Max Meizlish (Feb. 21)

Feb 21 2025 23 mins  
SOUTH AFRICA'S MALIGN TIES WITH AUTHORITARIANS HEADLINE 1: Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was in Iran this week.HEADLINE 2: Arab leaders are meeting in Riyadh today to discuss alternatives to President Trump’s vision for Gaza.HEADLINE 3: Iran executed a record number of people in 2024.--FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and a

FDD Morning Brief | feat. Dan Feferman (Feb. 19)

Feb 19 2025 25 mins  
ABRAHAM ACCORDS, 10/7 WAR, IRANHEADLINE 1: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Saudi officials in Riyadh.HEADLINE 2: Israeli troops remain in "buffer zone" in Lebanon to enforce the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. HEADLINE 3: The European Union plans to weigh in on the postwar Gaza discussion.--FDD Exe