A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Chain Reaction Podcast
A nation must think before it acts.
Chain Reaction is the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s flagship network of podcast series examining the political, security, economic, and social trends shaping Europe and Eurasia. Throughout the year we are talking with experts about developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine, the new European security order, the past, present, and future of the Baltic States, Russia’s political economy, and great power competition in the region.
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Sabotage in Fujairah: Iran and Escalation Dynamics in The Persian Gulf
Tensions between Iran and the United States have escalated in the Persian Gulf. On this week’s Middle East Brief, Afshon Ostovar, an assistant professor at the Naval Post Graduate School and FPRI Senior Fellow, joins the program to discuss...
Read more »Haftar’s March on Tripoli
What is happening in Libya? Who are the key actors, which countries back which militias, and how has the Trump administration handled the recent surge in violence in Libya’s capital city? On this week’s Middle East Brief, Aaron speaks...
Read more »The Future of Northeastern Syria
What is the future of northeastern Syria? After two days of talks in Erbil, Michael Stephens, a Research Fellow for Middle East studies at the Royal United Services Institute in London, sits down with Aaron to talk about Syria’s...
Read more »Local Elections in Turkey: What Happened and What Comes Next
Turkish voters went to the polls on 31 March, casting votes for local elected leaders. The outcome in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey’s two largest cities, have rocked Turkish politics, and galvanized the political opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s...
Read more »Turkey and the S-400: High Stakes Diplomacy
The United States and Turkey remain at odds over Ankara’s purchase of a Russian S-400 air and missile defense system. The time to resolve American and Turkish concerns about this issue is running out, and the stakes for diplomatic...
Read more »Iraq After the Territorial Defeat of the Islamic State
With all eyes on Baghuz and the final battle against Islamic State in Syria, the Middle East Brief podcast spoke with Robert A. Fox Fellow Rasha al Aqeedi to hear the latest from Iraq, which declared victory over ISIS...
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