Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Doran

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On Saturday night at 7:50 pm ET, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had entered the war against Iran when he posted: “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.” In the minutes after this historic announcement we assembled six of the top experts on this issue: Haviv Rettig Gur, Michael Doran, Mark Dubowitz, Amit Segal, Eli Lake, and Matt Continetti. We discussed it all: what we actually know about the strikes; what it means for Iran's nuclear capabilities, how Iran might respond; why Trump struck now; what this means for the Middle East; and what Trump's national address signalled to the American public, to Israel, and most importantly to Iran. We'll note we recorded this Saturday night starting at 8:30 pm ET as a Free Press live event, and we will be hosting more in days to come. Go to groundnews.com/Honestly to get 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan and unlock world-wide perspectives on today's biggest news stories. Beekeeper's Naturals is offering you an exclusive offer: Go to beekeepersnaturals.com/BARI to get 20% off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we taped this episode of Honestly, it was 3 a.m. in Israel. Sirens wailed across the country as Iranian missiles rained down on Israeli towns. At the same time, Israel was striking military and nuclear sites inside Iran, and oil fields were aflame. Meanwhile in Washington, reports were emerging of a heated debate inside the White House over whether the U.S. should get involved in the war. It's hard to overstate the magnitude of this story—or how uncertain the outcome is for Israel. There's no one better to help us make sense of this war than Michael Doran—senior fellow and director of the Hudson Institute's Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. This has been his story not just for the past few days—for the last decade, no one has written more, and more brilliantly, about Iran's nuclear aspirations and Washington's posture toward Iran than Mike.  And he just wrote for The Free Press “The Ultimate Deception: How Trump and Bibi Outfoxed Iran.” We recorded this interview Saturday evening at 6 p.m. as a Free Press subscriber livestream. We're doing more of these given the speed of the news. To attend one live and ask your own questions, become a Free Press subscriber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

01:00 Dave Green v Nathan Cofnas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JCq-wlOg88&ab_channel=TheDistributist 28:00 The power of nations: measuring what matters, https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/43/2/7/12211/The-Power-of-Nations-Measuring-What-Matters 42:00 The source of Donald Trump's energy 48:00 Tim Dillon on Hamas propagandist Miss Rachel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYNk6BrHqw 59:30 Michael joins to talk Jake Tapper's new book, https://x.com/Michaelmvlog 1:19:00 Megyn Kelly Details Her Viral and Explosive Jake Tapper Interview Strategy, with Mark Halperin 1:28:00 Noah Carl: In Defence of Non-Experts, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/podcast-should-we-have-more-experts 1:47:30 Expertise in hard sciences is not of the same value as expertise in the soft sciences 1:56:00 NYT: For Trump, Civil Rights Protections Should Help White Men, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-race-civil-right-white-men.html 2:00:00 John Lott Jr. talks to Ann Coulter about Biden's war on domestic terrorism, https://substack.com/home/post/p-163858429?source=queue&autoPlay=true 2:13:00 John Lott: DNI Releases Secret Biden Plan Raising Serious Civil Liberties Concerns, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/23/dni_releases_secret_biden_plan_raising_serious_civil_liberties_concerns_152689.html 2:15:00 John Lott: Crime Rates of Illegal Migrants Underreported, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/22/crime_rates_of_illegal_migrants_underreported_152825.html 2:22:00 Mark Halperin on Trump's humor and how he's a more effective president this time round, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul_fmOpcVhE 2:26:00 Gadi Taub talks with Michael Doran about Trump & Israel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8MmHlVpUQM 2:40:00 PsychHacks: The most TOXIC RELATIONSHIP BELIEF: how you may be sabotaging your success, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dcf4a8hW10 2:44:00 Joe Biden releases news of his prostate cancer just before the release of Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson's new book, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVFu2WZqoXA

President Trump and his team came into the White House determined to reverse the course of American foreign policy. Most every president does. It's what President Obama wished to do vis-à-vis President Bush, President Trump vis-à-vis President Obama, and President Biden vis-à-vis President Trump. Where Biden was for, Trump would be against; where Biden was left, Trump would be right; where Biden was blue; Trump would be red. Every question of foreign policy with any relevance whatsoever to the cut and thrust of domestic American politics would henceforth be set in the opposite direction. In the Middle East, President Trump thought that his predecessor was too acquiescent to Iran, too squeamish about empowering the Israelis to protect themselves, and too untroubled by Houthi attacks. For President Trump and many of his supporters, the quintessential act of the Biden administration was the withdrawal from Afghanistan in the fall of 2021—a symbol of American weakness, incompetence, fecklessness, and delusion. With the start of his second term as president, Donald Trump set about restoring the maximum-pressure campaign on Iran. He confronted—with aggressive military force—the Houthis. He restored the American supply of materiel to Israel. And yet, these decisions do not tell the whole story of the Trump administration's conduct of American foreign policy during its first hundred days. The foreign-policy record, the disorder, the personnel, and some possible future steps of the administration seem confused. To bring forth some clarity from this confusion, and to shed light on the murky picture of the Trump administration's approach to the Middle East, Michael Doran joins this week's podcast. Doran is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, contributor to Mosaic, Tablet, the Wall Street Journal, and the Free Press, and the co-host, with Gadi Taub, of a new podcast called Israel Update. This conversation was recorded live for an audience of members of the Tikvah Society. If you'd like to learn more about supporting our work, and joining the Tikvah Society, please visit Tikvah.org/Society. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

Jerry interviews violin makers Michael Doran and Ryan Soltis about making new models and personal models. Special Guests: Michael Doran and Ryan Soltis .

Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss “restraintism” as a factor in Trump's choices in the Middle East. ▪️ Times      •      01:46 Introduction     •      02:20 What is it?      •      05:01 Left, right, center      •      06:56 Syria '07        •      11:47 Iraq Study Group        •      17:21 Populist expression      •      27:34 Balance         •      30:20 Obama v Trump      •      34:56 Oscillation     •      42:16 Back to JCPOA?         •      45:49 Snapback      •      47:44 Syria '25     •      52:09 Iran and Turkey Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find a transcript of today's episode on our School of War Substack

Check out today's guest Michael at https://www.instagram.com/doranviolins on InstagramIf you want to support on⁠⁠⁠ Patreon⁠⁠⁠ we'd appreciate it. If you have any questions or want to submit a story email questions@workshoptherapypodcast.com Books We RecommendAtomic Habits By James Clear https://amzn.to/4fO0O5F Essentialism By Greg McKeown - https://amzn.to/3Whd7PDEffortless By Greg McKeown- https://amzn.to/4djdHmCPunished By Rewards - https://amzn.to/3zGSc0zCheck out the social medias⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTubewww.TamaraHatch.caSummaryIn this episode of the Workshop Therapy podcast, host Andrew interviews Michael Doran, an award-winning luthier based near Seattle. They discuss Michael's journey in violin making, the intricacies of crafting string instruments, and the art of repair. Michael shares insights into the challenges and rewards of being a luthier, the importance of wood selection, and the complexities of sound production in violins. The conversation also touches on the philosophical aspects of craftsmanship and the relationship between the maker and the musician.Chapters00:00 Michael Doran's Journey into Violin Making08:03 The Art and Science of Luthiery17:37 Construction and Finishing of a Cello Top18:55 The Art of Antiquing Instruments23:10 Craftsmanship vs. Mass Production26:37 The Soul of Instruments: Use vs. Collection32:43 Finding Perfection in Imperfection38:04 The Science of Wood Selection42:18 The Complexity of Violin Design

Send us a textEveryone wants to know: What will it take to defeat Hamas once and for all?In this episode of Israel: State of a Nation, Eylon Levy sits down with Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former U.S. National Security Council official, to break down the bigger war beyond Gaza—and what it will take to end Hamas for good.Doran argues that Hamas is just a pawn in Iran's larger war against Israel, and that Tehran is the true mastermind keeping the terror group alive. But is Iran really the key to victory, or do Hamas's other patrons—Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt—also bear responsibility?Key topics covered:

Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 1924. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy and serving in the Navy, he returned to his home state, where in 1971 he was elected governor. He became president of the United States in 1977 and remained in office until 1981. His legacy on matters relating to the U.S.-Israel relationship is ambiguous and contested. He famously presided over the Camp David Accords, signed by the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and the Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin in 1978 and 1979. This peace agreement with the very country that had been Israel's most dangerous military adversary for the first three decades of its existence has been rightly celebrated as a monumental diplomatic accomplishment. Some historians, including today's guest, see it however as primarily an accomplishment of Sadat and Henry Kissinger, the powerful secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, Carter's predecessors. But the image of President Carter and his aides playing chess and secretly negotiating with the Israelis and Egyptians late into the night at Camp David continues to hold a powerful grip on the popular imagination. When Carter was defeated in the presidential election of 1980 by Ronald Reagan, he became a very young former president. Over the next four-plus decades, he would write distorted, savage, strange, tortured books about Israel and the Palestinians, finding virtually everything about Jewish sovereignty and the defense it requires repugnant. President Carter was a devout Baptist, and he often criticized Israel and its leaders in theological terms. On today's podcast, we look back on President Carter's view of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and how he understood the essential qualities of the Jewish state. To discuss this topic we have invited the historian and analyst Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. The background to this conversation is Doran's 2018 essay “The Theology of Foreign Policy,” which appeared in First Things magazine. Therein, Doran argues that in order to understand American views about Israel, you have to understand the deeper theological argument inside American Protestantism between modernist and fundamentalist approaches to Scripture. (Doran discussed this topic on the August 10, 2018 episode of the Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic). This week, he applies this framework to the presidency and post-presidency of Jimmy Carter.

What does regime change in Syria change?The overthrow of longtime, mass-murdering dictator Bashar al-Assad is a good thing. But those who did the overthrowing? Not good.The most important rebel group involved in this revolution is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, better known as HTS. It has roots in both al Qaeda and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). Its leader's nom de guerre is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. He and HTS have been officially designated as terrorists by the U.S. government.The fall of Assad weakens Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both had backed Assad, and both had derived benefits from Assad in exchange.And the fall of Assad strengthens Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.To discuss all of this and more, host Cliff May is joined by Jonathan Schanzer, Reuel Marc Gerecht, and Michael Doran.NOTE: We hope you enjoy the soothing sounds of Reuel's Ring Doorbell chimes.

What does regime change in Syria change?The overthrow of longtime, mass-murdering dictator Bashar al-Assad is a good thing. But those who did the overthrowing? Not good.The most important rebel group involved in this revolution is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, better known as HTS. It has roots in both al Qaeda and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). Its leader's nom de guerre is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. He and HTS have been officially designated as terrorists by the U.S. government.The fall of Assad weakens Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both had backed Assad, and both had derived benefits from Assad in exchange.And the fall of Assad strengthens Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.To discuss all of this and more, host Cliff May is joined by Jonathan Schanzer, Reuel Marc Gerecht, and Michael Doran.NOTE: We hope you enjoy the soothing sounds of Reuel's Ring Doorbell chimes.

Yishai and Malkah Fleisher team up to discuss how Israel has grown since October 7th including gaining the mountain range of the Hermon - which Assad's Syria partially held. Dr. Mordechai Kedar and Dr. Michael Doran both share an understanding of the forces fighting within Syria and advise on what Israel's play should be. Then, Table Torah on the controversy over the Biblical destruction of the townspeople of Shechem.

SEASON 2024 EPISODE 45: Yishai and Malkah Fleisher team up to discuss how Israel has grown since October 7th including gaining the mountain range of the Hermon - which Assad's Syria partially held. Dr. Mordechai Kedar and Dr. Michael Doran both share an understanding of the forces fighting within Syria and advise on what Israel's play should be. Then, Table Torah on the controversy over the Biblical destruction of the townspeople of Shechem.SPONSOR LINKS:The Israel Bible https://theisraelbible.com/Prohibition Pickle https://www.facebook.com/Prohibitionpickle/Hebron Fund https://hebronfund.org/The Jewish Press https://www.jewishpress.com/JNS https://www.jns.org/Kosher Cycle Tours http://www.KosherCycleTours.comPODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://yishaifleisher.com/podcast/Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3mIsdfUSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3oP2Reo4JYnfIJdDUrQS2cRSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1271258.rssYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YishaiFleisherTVSUPPORT & CONNECT:Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcastSupport on Givecloud: https://kumah.givecloud.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/YishaiFleisherInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yishaifleisherLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yishaifleisher/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YishaiFleisherSupport the show

Stanley Everett Rice was a little known serial killer operating in Canada, Massachusetts, Ohio and Florida in the 60's. He preyed upon young boys.Our True Crime Quickie is from Glasgow, Scotland in the 90's. The Murder of Michael Doran.Promo for: Book of the DeadSoundbite by AllisonSoundbite script: Darkcast Network, out the shadows come the best in indie podcasts. I'm (your name) and you are listening to Beyond the Rainbow - True Crimes of the LGBTQ plus.Please send your recording to beyondtherainbowpod@gmail.comIntro: Black Moons by The 126ersOutro: Subtle Betrayal by SYBSResources:https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/former-record-reporter-discusses-investigation-into-serial-killer-stanley-rice-on-local-podcast/article_3ec424cd-2d11-5fda-a2a0-eac2cd256d00.htmlhttps://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/serial-killers-anonymous-stanley-everett-rice-1963-1968/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P06bl7wQ-yYhttps://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Stanley_Ricehttps://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/fl-stanley-everett-rice-a-chilling-tale-of-murder1960s.139660/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BPNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QEEAAAAIBAJ&dq=stanley%20everette%20rice&pg=4012%2C1220096https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOS2oL5e3Rshttps://oldglasgowmurders.blogspot.com/2018/09/queens-part-part-two-1960-2008.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/girl-14-freed-from-life-sentence-for-murder-1318187.htmlhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12069636.life-for-gang-of-four-young-killers/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beyond-the-rainbow-podcast--4398945/support.

Monday marked the one-year anniversary of Hamas's deadly massacre, the start of a multifront attack against Israel by Iran and its proxies. On this episode of the All Things podcast, Middle East security analyst Michael Doran reviews the fallout. Is Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu leading Israel to victory in the conflict in Gaza and against Hezbollah? Does the Joe Biden administration grasp the true risk in the region, and what lessons should the next president draw about it allies and presence in the Middle East? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is America's role in the world? It's a hotly contested question in American politics that cuts across the left-right divide. Whereas a Reaganite policy view of a strong and robust national defensive capability coupled with American-led diplomacy around the world used to be the norm, leaders on both the left and right can now be found on either side of this issue. This episode explores three groups that go along with John Bolton's view of strong American leadership. Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, explains the evolution of the think tank from its origins in the Cold War to today. From a newer group, Vandenberg Coalition, Carrie Filipetti delves into the organization's mission and the way it uses its powerhouse advisory board to advance a stronger America. Finally, Alexander Hamilton Society executive director Gabriel Scheinmann emphasizes the importance of cultivating future leaders in the space through AHS's programming.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/10/mistakes-israel-afford-repeat/680185/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/10/israel-hamas-october-7-lebanon/680162/ The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=157628 In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute's Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to Christiane Amanpour who asked her about the horrible death tall in Gaza including she said 16,000 innocent children… Ilana Dayan is trying to explain why she is under such a strong impression of October 7 that she primarily sees that, but she confesses Israel does not cover Gaza's suffering enough. this is how our elites are — the supplicants of progressive elites elsewhere because what any sane Israeli journalist, and there are very few of these, should have said is that why are you asking me when these [Hamas] people are deliberately using their children as human shields and then you want me to take responsibility for that? These [Israeli] elites are looking up to elites [elsewhere], their their sense of solidarity and belonging is closer to elites in other countries than they are to their own people and this becomes especially poignant since they think of themselves as provincials and they want to rise up to the tier of the metropolitan elites where the real elites are, the real cultured people are Christian Amanpour, who are the real people with a moral compass, so they end up kissing the feet of anti-semites and playing to CNN biases with which are tinged with with anti-Semitism. This is not just a dumb take on the news, this is infuriating. Ilana Dayan is called the Barbara Walters of of Israeli TV so she's the dean of highbrow journalism and she has the fanciest Israeli accent with the knitted brows and and the thoughtful look in her eyes and the rimless glasses, she's like the epitome of intelligence and conscience and yet what she does in the end when faced with something like that is she grovels at the feet of a nasty CNN anchor.” Michael Doran: “I need to get a knitted brow and rimless glasses. I've never mastered that look — thoughtful, pensive.” This discourse by Gadi Taub made me wonder if there are certain physical manifestations of the elite point of view and of the counter-elite view. Take Tucker Carlson for example. I can't think of any elite commentator who makes Tucker's dramatic facial postures. Could we detect who has the elite worldview vs the counter-elite worldview just by looking at someone without listening to anything they're saying? Did Tucker's expressions change as he became more populist? Tucker today presents himself differently from the Tucker of the 2000s. He no longer wears a bowtie. He's more flamboyant and he pulls more funny faces. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/west-bank-settler-violence-serves-israel-interests-idf-gaza-war/ “The conclusion therefore is that settler violence leading to the transfer of communities is functional, even if the army does not directly manage it, because it serves the goal of territorial control—something the IDF could not officially openly achieve. Security officials and center-left voices will continue to condemn the dysfunctional violence. But the functional version—the kind of violence that poses a greater risk to the potential establishment of a Palestinian state—will continue to go unobstructed and unpunished.”

01:00 Steve Hsu: Iran vs Israel: Implications for Missile Defense, https://stevehsu.substack.com/p/iran-vs-israel-implications-for-missile 04:00 Michael Doran on October 7 one year later, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ig9ftKAk4 13:30 Five reasons why Israel's 7-front war is so hard to win, https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/10/five-reasons-why-israels-7-front-war-is-so-hard-to-win/ 14:20 Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid 28:00 Dooovid has been anti-Zionist for 20 years 29:20 What is the shortest route for power? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iv4Zz9cMQ0 32:45 Tim Walz lost his debate with JD Vance decoding settler colonialism, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fhbnb209Bo 37:45 Kip worries my soul is trapped in matter 48:00 WP: How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israel's war for ‘total victory' in Gaza, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/10/03/biden-israel-gaza-war-middle-east-crisis/ 1:27:30 Claire Khaw joins 1:33:00 No True Scotsman fallacy, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman 1:55:00 Mike Doran's X analysis, https://x.com/Doranimated 2:14:30 Expert on Iran Reveals Scenarios of an Israel-Iran War - Saeed Ghasseminejad, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdv7MJIDtPI 2:19:00 Settler Colonialism and Drivers of Anti-Israel Sentiment with Eric Kaufmann and Adam Kirsch, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fhbnb209Bo 2:26:00 Your Hero System Is Your Morality And You Get It From Your Tribe, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=150319 2:54:00 Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave The Way We Do, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=157563 3:08:00 Colonialism as niche construction 3:14:00 Land acknowledgements came from humanities professors 3:22:00 Mike Doran makes the case for America staying in the Middle East 3:24:15 7 ways the US is beating Europe, https://www.politico.eu/article/united-states-europe-competition-covid-economy-gdp-food-cities-jobs-data/

In recent days, Israel has conducted history's most humane, discriminating and militarily successful attack on thousands of terrorists deeply embedded in a civilian population. It did so by turning pagers and walkie-talkies into precision weapons. Middle East expert Michael Doran calls it “Operation Grim Beeper.”   The genius of the Israeli strikes is that the enemy actually did the targeting for the Jewish State. Hezbollah only gave its most important commanders and operatives these communication devices. Once the jihidists realized the extent to which their systems are compromised, they were reduced to meeting face-to-face, affording Israel an opportunity to take them out with more traditional techniques.   So why would Leon Panetta, a top national security Democrat, say that Israel is engaged in “terrorism”? Evidently, like many others in his party, he wants Israel to lose. Fortunately, most Americans disagree.   This is Frank Gaffney.    

On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director Roger Zakheim is joined by national security and Middle East expert Dr. Michael Doran who serves as the Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at Hudson Institute. They discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the hostage crisis which resulted in the death of an American citizens, and Iran's role as a funder and organizer of terrorism and discord throughout the Middle East.

Michael Doran, a senior fellow and director of the Hudson Institute, joins us to discuss why America must be a staunch supporter of Israel's right to exist. - - -  Today's Sponsor: Lumen - Get 15% off your purchase! http://go.lumen.me/KLAVAN

Should the United States military be building an army that is technologically smart, small, and hyper-effective, or should it be pumping out twentieth-century bullets, artillery, and tanks in overwhelming numbers? In his article "The Gates of Gaza," Hudson Senior Fellow Michael Doran argues that the wars in Ukraine and Gaza should demonstrate to Israel and the US that, contrary to popular opinion, modern wars are just as slow, big, and resource heavy as they've ever been. A hybrid Mad Max–style industrial base will be needed to win modern wars.

The European Climate Pact National Conference is taking place today in Dublin, bringing together individuals, communities, Local Authorities and organisations as part of a grassroot movement across the continent against climate change. The landmark conference encourages people across the country to take action, whether they are new to climate initiatives or already active in promoting sustainability. It represents an important step towards building a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, and aims to enhance networking, engagement and collaboration among the Pact Community in Ireland. The Conference will feature notable speakers, including Paolo Caridi, Head of Unit, Communication and Civil Society, DG CLIMA, also in charge of the Climate Pact, and Helen Kearns, Head of Communications, European Commission Representation in Ireland. Also speaking at the event will be David Boles, one of Ireland's Climate Pact Ambassadors; Jannette O'Brien, Climate Action Coordinator, Carlow County Council, as well as representatives from University College, Cork, and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The European Climate Pact, launched by the European Commission as part of the European Green Deal, aims to make the EU the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The Pact is a grassroot movement aimed to foster a broad and inclusive climate action community across Europe that unites groups and people in the fight against climate change and helps them adapt to its consequences. David Boles, Climate Pact Ambassador said: "This event marks an important moment in Ireland's climate action journey, and underscores the power of community-driven initiatives in creating lasting environmental impact. Local action is key to tackling global challenges like climate change. It's inspiring to see individuals, communities and organisations coming together to forge a path towards a sustainable future." Michael Doran, the Climate Pact Country Coordinator for Ireland said: "The EU Climate Pact National Conference exemplifies that collective strength is important in combating climate change. It also underscores the importance of community engagement in driving impactful climate solutions. This gathering reaffirms our collective responsibility to address climate change and build a resilient future for generations to come. In Ireland, there is much to be done, in terms of acceptance, policy changes, advocacy and awareness, if we intend to reach climate neutrality by 2050." See more stories here.

For this week's Grass10 grazing management update, as growth rates increase, Joseph Dunphy is joined by dairy farmer Michael Doran from Co. Wexford to discuss the management decisions he is making this week on his farm. Link to this week's Grass10 newsletter:https://bit.ly/Grass10-14thMay For more episodes from the Dairy Edge podcast go to the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/dairy/the-dairy-edge-podcast/ The Dairy Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com

Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute and co-host of the podcast Counterbalance, joins the show to talk about the Israel-Hamas war and the broader regional competition with Iran. ▪️  Times      •      02:04 Introduction      •      04:01 Is Hamas winning?     •      10:29 Fighting the clocks     •      13:10 Defeat from the jaws of victory      •      18:24 An Iranian-American conflict     •      22:44 Managing decline      •      26:40 Lessons not learned     •      33:00 The Iranian nuclear umbrella Follow along  on Instagram Find a transcript of today's episode on our School of War Substack

Iran's regional role has changed post-October 7, but is Iran a bigger global threat than we think? In partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations, National Security Council and State Department veterans will debate in our Unresolved format Biden's Iran diplomacy, Iran's use of proxies in the Middle East, its nuclear ambitions, and whether Iran now poses a threat to the global order.  Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute  Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center  Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations  Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, host Michael Doran is joined by co-host Peter Rough, senior fellow and director of the Center for Europe and Eurasia at Hudson Institute. Peter offers an overview of his recent visit to Taiwan and discusses with Mike his thoughts on Beijing's increasing economic and military pressure on Taipei. The duo also talks about the current state of Taiwanese domestic politics and how it affects U.S. foreign policy. 

First – Zeve Sanderson of New York University's Center for Social Media & Politics discusses the use of artificial intelligence and the impact it could have on the 2024 election. Then -- Hudson Institute's Michael Doran and Benjamin Friedman of Defense Priorities discuss the latest in the Israel-Hamas war, the role of Iran's proxy forces, and concerns about a wider conflict in the Mideast. Plus – Wall Street Journal's Richard Rubin discusses congressional efforts to pass a package of tax breaks that would impact businesses AND parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host Peter Rough is joined by co-host Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute. They recap Mike's recent trip to Israel, and why he thinks the war that sparked by the October 7th atrocities is actually a war for the future of Western civilization. Additionally, they discuss his observations on Israel's current political climate, and the Biden administration's Iran policy. 

A U.S. priority since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack has been preventing violence from expanding across the region. But overnight, the U.S. launched strikes at Iranian-backed groups in both Iraq and Yemen, following attacks by those groups. Nick Schifrin reports on the widening military campaign and the threat posed by Iran and gets two views on the exchange of fire from Michael Doran and Ali Vaez. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

A U.S. priority since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack has been preventing violence from expanding across the region. But overnight, the U.S. launched strikes at Iranian-backed groups in both Iraq and Yemen, following attacks by those groups. Nick Schifrin reports on the widening military campaign and the threat posed by Iran and gets two views on the exchange of fire from Michael Doran and Ali Vaez. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In 2023, host Jonathan Silver convened 47 new conversations probing some of the most interesting and consequential subjects in modern Jewish life, from theological and religious themes to political and military ones. He spoke to scholars, visual artists, rabbis, writers, soldiers, strategists, and generals. Now that 2023 has come to an end, he's looking back at a number of representative excerpts from the year past in hopes that, as we plan 40 or 50 more conversations in 2024, you'll return to the archive and listen to some of the most fascinating conversations from this year. In this episode, we present selections from some of our favorite 2023 conversations. Excerpts include the podcast host and president of Shalem College, Russ Roberts; the great American writer, Cynthia Ozick; the Hebrew calligrapher, Izzy Pludwinski; Peter Berkowitz and Gadi Taub debating judicial reform; Ran Baratz on the roots of Israel's rifts; Michael Doran comparing October's Hamas attacks with the Yom Kippur War; Meir Soloveichik on Jewish martyrs; and, discussing Mosaic's November essay on the Palestinian predicament, the scholar Shany Mor, the journalist Haviv Gur, and the intellectual Hussein Aboubakr. Finally, this episode ends on a note of hope, sounded by the historian Rick Richman, whose book of biographical portraits, And None Shall Make Them Afraid, turns out to have been the book we most needed this year. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

This week on Unorthodox, it's our final episode of 2023. We bring you the latest installment of The Archive, our series exploring the collection of the National Library of Israel. This one is all about Franz Kafka: his feelings on Zionism, his attempts to learn Hebrew, and the tangled web in which his manuscripts were trapped. Then, we hear from Israeli historian and political commentator Gadi Taub about his new video podcast, Israel Update, which he hosts alongside the Hudson Institute's Michael Doran. You can follow along on Tablet at tabletmag.com/israelupdate.  Finally, we're sharing another installment of our country-crossing series, Across the JEW.S.A, created with the support of the Jewish Federations of North America. Liel travels north to Montreal to visit one of the oldest Jewish communities in Canada. You can catch up on all our travels Across the JEW.S.A. at tabletmag.com/jewsa.  Write to us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail on our listener line: .  Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. SPONSORS:  NLI, the National Library of Israel, proudly supports our series The Archive. Discover the treasures, collections, and stories of the National Library of Israel here. Simplify your giving with the Jewish Communal Fund, the nation's largest Jewish donor-advised fund. Act by December 29th to lock in the maximum charitable deduction for 2023. Get started at JCFNY.org. The Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards honor up to 15 Jewish teens from across the United States with an award of $36,000 to recognize their impact and leadership to repair the world. Learn more at DillerTeenAwards.org. Don't miss Harmony, the acclaimed new musical from Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman that Entertainment Weekly calls “powerful, moving and more resonant than ever.” Get tickets today at HarmonyANewMusical.com.

On October 6, 1973, on Yom Kippur, the forces of Egypt and Syria invaded Israel and launched the Yom Kippur War. Fifty years and one day later, Hamas terrorists invaded southwest Israel, killed some 1400 Israelis, took some 200 hostages, and, in so doing, opened up a new front in the simmering conflict that pits Iran and its supporters—China and Russia among them—against Israel and its chief supporter, the United States.    After the Yom Kippur War of 1973, an Israeli board, known as the Agranat Commission, issued a report investigating the failings of the IDF leading up to the war. No commission has yet been established to investigate the intelligence and operational failures that allowed the October 7 massacre to take place. But there are clearly some echoes and similarities between the two attacks. To explore them, Michael Doran joins Mosaic editor and Tikvah Podcast host Jonathan Silver for a discussion.   Doran is the author of the October essay at Mosaic, “The Hidden Calculation behind the Yom Kippur War,” which argues that Israeli leaders made a conscious choice not to preempt the Egyptians and take the initiative, as they had so successfully in the 1967 Six Day War, because they were thinking about the U.S. Israel relationship. They didn't know that war was looming, exactly, but they knew that something might happen. They certainly didn't know the intensity of the offensive campaigns against Israel, or about the proficiency or tactical deployment of anti-aircraft missile technology layered into Egyptian defenses—much the same as, this year, they didn't know about Hamas's ability to use drones and gliders.    Doran is also the instructor of a free new online course on the same subject, which can be found at yomkippurwar.tikvahfund.org.    The conversation took place on a live broadcast on October 18 to subscribers of Mosaic /and to Tikvah's online course supporters, who also got the chance to ask questions.   Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

Michael Doran, Hudson Institute senior fellow and co-host of the Counterbalance podcast, joins the show following Hamas' brutal attack on Israel to discuss what we can expect in a war between Israel and Hamas and the forces behind this conflict: Iran, Russia and China, working together to sow chaos globally and directly challenge the US and its allies.

Michael Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute, joins the show to talk about Iran-backed Hamas' savage attack on Israel, how we can expect Israel to act in Gaza, prospects for escalation, and the echoes of 1973. ▪️ Times      •    02:33 Introduction      •    03:16 10/7     •    08:51 Potential Israeli objectives in Gaza     •    20:18 A regional war?     •   27:20 Iranian objectives     •    34:28 Intelligence failures, operational catastrophes     •    42:11 Redeployments      •    44:45 Parallels with the Yom Kippur War     •   51:07 America and Israel today To read the article discussed today click here  Follow along  on Instagram Find a transcript of today's episode on our School of War Substack

Earlier this week, the American foreign-policy expert and Mosaic writer Michael Doran published an important essay called “Biden's Ties That Bind.” In it, he argues that the Biden administration's true strategic aims in the Middle East are not a change from the Obama administration's aims but are consistent with them. These aims were to empower Iran in order to establish a balance of power in the region which would, in turn, allow America to focus more attention on China. And to empower Iran, the United States must constrain Israel, Iran's chief regional nemesis. Doran's essay seeks therefore to explain how the Biden administration deploys symbols of an American-Israeli united front in order to advance toward a new deal with the Tehran. Here, he joins Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver to discuss that idea and the evidence he sees for it.  Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

In parallel with its efforts to deal with a host of domestic challenges, Israel was compelled from 1948 through 1967 to act decisively to defend itself against its Arab neighbors and lay the basis for longer-term security. This episode opens with the strategic changes that drove the Arab countries, led by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, to escalate their conflict with the Jewish state between 1948 and 1956. Dr. Polisar then examines the Sinai War of October 1956, in which Israel joined with France and Britain in defeating Egypt, and its surprising diplomatic consequences. The final section focuses on the causes and course of Israel's spectacular victory in the Six-Day War of June 1967, in which it captured the Golan Heights from Syria, the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt, and Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem from Jordan. Supplemental Materials:  "Ike vs. Obama in the Middle East" by Michael Doran. 

In her opening remarks, Caroline considers the lessons of faith and courage that Israel should take from the story of Passover as it faces the challenge of going forward and securing its survival in times of great uncertainty and threat with a polarized, angry, and deeply worried populace.Caroline is also joined by Michael Doran from the Hudson Institute. They discussthe causes of U.S. hostility, how the Biden administration views the Middle Eastthe rise of China and Iran. Azerbaijan, the threat it poses to Iran, and the opportunity it presents to IsraelJoin them for a guided tour through the strategic terrain of Israel, the Middle East, and Central Asia as the U.S. betrays its allies and itself on behalf of the radical ideology captivating the Biden administration and the Democrat Party.

It's understandable that those who identify as transgender harbor anger. They will never be fully accepted by society. They are pretending to be a sex they're not… The President meddles in Israel's internal affairs. He wants a left-wing government there — and everywhere.  New York women are getting together to have dinner — naked. Would they admit a transgender?... Chicago will choose a new mayor next week. Both candidates are on the left, but one, backed by the teachers union, is more left than the other… Dennis talks to Olivia Rutowski, a PragerForce college student in Buffalo, NY.  Dennis talks to Michael Doran, Senior Fellow at the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute. The topic is the Iran, China, and Russia alliance and what it means to the US and Israel… Dennis returns to naked dinners in NYC… A politician's policies and values are more important than his personality.   Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire three hours of my radio show as a podcast, commercial-free every single day, become a member of Pragertopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives, as well as daily show prep. Subscribe today at Pragertopia dot com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Featuring Michael Doran Of The Hudson Institute On China's Inroads To The Middle East by Kevin McCullough Radio

Michael Doran is the president and co-founder of Aclarus Ozone. Aclarus aims to solve complex water problems with advanced ozone technology. The ozone world is a 1.4 billion-a-year niche I used to know pretty well, as that's where I've cut my water teeth. It's been around for over a century, with the ozonation step of the Nice drinking water plant in France continuously operating since 1906. On the players' end, you've got Veolia and Xylem as established market leaders, a new wave of Chinese players that might well be of equivalent size today, like Newland or Guolin, proponents of modular approaches such as Primozone or Pinnacle, and historic Japanese moguls that quietly exist to hunt a white elephant from time to time, such as Metawater or Mitsubishi.  All that little band meets several times a year in International Ozone Association gatherings, where they are joined by academics, and grows steadily under the influence of new regulations and higher water quality expectations on both ends of the Water Cycle. On the technological side, I remember how excited my R&D colleagues were when a multi-year development program yielded some percent of performance improvement - and they were and probably still are the top-notch guys in this industry. So safe to say there's a technological asymptote, and that sector tends to it.  All in all, it's not the worst business to be in, I've enjoyed my ozone years, and I've learned so much, but it's probably not the most exciting either, still, if you ask me. So if you can't really expect to disrupt the technology, if it's around for a while, if it has established players, and if it won't go through the roof. Why would you start a company in this field? Well, that's one of the keys to today's conversation with Michael. Because it goes against all the preconceptions: there's much to innovate on the business side, the customer service, the go-to-market, the overall approach, the solution mindset, and many more that Michael will detail in a minute. You don't have to create a category or prove a technology from scratch. Executing better than anyone is also a key skill - if not THE key skill - but enough from hearing it from me. My guest will tell you all of that much better. So let us take off, just after this reminder, that if you like what you hear, if you think this will be of interest and value to someone else out there, there's only one way to spread the message: take this episode and share it with them. Drop a WhatsApp message, a LinkedIn InMail or status, an SMS, a hint at the coffee machine or simply tell them. Really, that's how podcasts spread, and that's how I know I shall continue to provide more of them! Come on, do it, and I'll meet you on the other side! How to Win in a Competitive & Mature Niche Market: The Astonishing Aclarus Ozone 

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This week, we discuss the Dick Tracy Specials, Michael Doran, Jon Kent heads to Injustice, DC graphic novels back in print, Lee Moder, the most shocking Spider-Man comic in 50 years, Pennyworth, all the new projects heading to Amazon, and The Flash trailer. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, Kevin Sharp, and Lane Terasaki.

Michael Doran is back on Omo to talk about all things sharpening. Special Guest: Michael Doran.

By developing an impressive arsenal of attack drones, rockets, and cruise and ballistic missiles, Iran—a nation that struggles to provide clean drinking water to its populace—has achieved a decisive advantage over its neighbors, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Most importantly, the Iranians have learned how to use these weapons in concert, in ways that can overwhelm even the most sophisticated American and Israeli defensive systems. The U.S., for its part, has shown itself reluctant to respond to Iranian aggression against its Gulf allies, or even against its own soldiers. The result has been a loss of American deterrence, a subject discussed more generally on the Tikvah Podcast in March. Now, six months later, an essay titled “Overmatch” describes in specific terms how Washington's inaction has invited Iranian superiority, along with China's pronounced presence in the Middle East. On this week's podcast, Mosaic's editor Jonathan Silver discusses the article with Michael Doran, one of its co-authors. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

Michael Doran hosts Hudson Institute Adjunct Fellow, Michael Roberts, to investigate the place of the United States in the global commercial maritime industry. Not only does China dominate the production of ships, but also largely controls shipping operations around the world. Doran and Roberts discuss the roots of the imbalance, its significance for American national security and the economic health of the United States, and the kinds of policies that will redress it.

Not so long ago, Turkey was widely regarded as the bridge between the Occident and the Orient, between Christian Europe and the Muslim Middle East. Turkey separated mosque and state. Turkey was a NATO member. Turkey was economically dynamic despite not having oil. Turkey seemed to be democratizing. That's not how many of us see Turkey today under the increasingly authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Michael Doran is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and director of its Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. He's served as a senior director on the National Security Council, a senior advisor in the State Department, and a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Pentagon. He has a doctorate from Princeton, and he's the author of “Ike's Gamble,” a thoughtful re-examination of the Suez Crisis of 1956. FDD Senior Fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former Middle Eastern specialist at the CIA's Directorate of Operations, was, for some years, based in Turkey. Reuel and Foreign Podicy host Cliff May agree with Dr. Doran on most issues — but not on Erdogan. They discuss the root of their disagreement in this episode.

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Michael Doran to talk about his article from the May 2018 print edition, “The Theology of Foreign Policy.” They discuss the connection between liberal internationalism and theological modernism, the significance of John Foster Dulles, and the ongoing war in Ukraine.