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After over a decade of civil war, 50 years of oppressive rule by the Assad family, and a refugee crisis sending 6+ million people fleeing over the border, Syria has been liberated. How did the regime finally fall? Who is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and are his peaceful intentions true? What was the role of women in taking down the regime and what does the future hold for them under new governance? What is the role of Syrian female leaders moving forward? What can the US do to help Syria rebuild? In this episode of Samanthropolitics, we hear from Syrian born Rasha Elaas, the editorial director of New Lines Magazine, who was undercover as a journalist for Reuters in Syria throughout the war. Sponsored by: Walker Advertising https://www.walkeradvertising.com Empower Global https://www.empowerglobal.net and The Women's Leadership Challenge, https://www.womensleadershipchallenge.com Stream Inspectors, http://www.streaminspectors.com Support more episodes like this by subscribing to our patreon, http://www.patreon.com/samanthropolitics1 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samanthropolitics/support
This week Howie is once again joined by Nidal Bitari, a Palestinian refugee raised in a Syrian refugee camp, to discuss the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. Links shared during the stream: Nidal Bitare, "The Assad Dynasty Was Hatched at My Grandfather's Home. They Later Destroyed it,” New Lines Magazine, March 16, 2021, https://newlinesmag.com/writers/nidal-betare/ Joseph Daher, “Understanding the Rebellion in Syria,” Tempest, December 9, 2024, https://tempestmag.org/2024/12/understanding-the-rebellion-in-syria Gilbert Achcar, “Where is Syria headed?” December 10, 2024, https://gilbert-achcar.net/where-is-syria-headed Gilbert Achcar, “The Collapse of the Assad Regime,” New Politics, December 13, 2024, https://newpol.org/the-collapse-of-the-assad-regime-an-interview-on-syria-with-gilbert-achcar/ Anand Gopal, "Syria: What Comes After the Despot?,” Jacobin, December 11, 2024, https://jacobin.com/2024/12/syrian-revolution-assad-hts-democracy Anand Gopal, “Syria's Last Bastion of Freedom,” The New Yorker, December 3, 2014, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/syrias-last-bastion-of-freedom Louis Project, “An extraordinary meeting on Syria,” May 22, 2018, https://www.howiehawkins.org/an_extraordinary_meeting_on_syria Paul Mason, "Decolonising Syria: the tankie meltdown explained. Why the pro-Putin left is in mourning over Assad,” Medium, December 8, 2024, https://paulmasonnews.medium.com/decolonising-syria-the-tankie-meltdown-explained-b88d681f32ad Streamed on 12/14/24 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/dClHWapZxeU Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins. Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign. Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom
In roughly ten days, opposition forces in Syria were able to accomplish more than they did in a decade and topple the tyrannical Assad regime. But as the dust settles, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham – the U.S. designated terrorist organization that led the march to Damascus – will have to prove that it has moved on from its anti-Western Jihadist ideology and is committed to rebuilding a Syrian state that meets the needs of its people. Why did Assad's regime collapse so quickly? And what does the future of Syrian governance look like? Hassan Hassan is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of New Lines Magazine, an initiative of the New Lines Institute, and the founder of the institute's Human Security Unit. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (2016, Reagan Arts). Read the transcript here. Subscribe to our Substack here.
The rapid collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has left Israel concerned about the future of what has been its quietest border in an era of continual instability and war, as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group that drove Assad out and has roots in Al-Qaeda and ISIS, takes charge. "I suspect they will probably send signals to Israel directly or indirectly, that they're not interested in igniting anything there," Haaretz Podcast guest Hassan Hassan, editor-in-chief of New Lines Magazine, said. Hassan, a Syrian-born journalist and author who has studied Islamist groups, believes that their posture towards Israel would be "cut from the same cloth" as Assad's, who "never really waged war against Israel since 1973." Haaretz senior military analyst Amos Harel, also on the podcast, said that Israeli officials are wary of the group and its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. According to Harel, the Syrian rebel leader currently "at least pretends to to have become more of a moderate. He doesn't talk like an extreme jihadist anymore. But don't think I'm buying into this, and neither are the Israeli intelligence community and the Israeli leadership." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In a sudden offensive, Turkish-backed rebel forces in Syria have managed to take several villages and towns, including the second largest city in the country, Aleppo, all with minimal resistance from government forces. Now as they continue to push further south, Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad is left with a diminished army and his main allies are embroiled in conflicts of their own. Kareem Shaheen is the Middle East editor at New Lines Magazine. He spoke to host Jayme Poisson about what the fall of Aleppo and renewed fighting in Syria means for the Syrian people and the region.For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
Outtakes from an interview on my New Lines piece following Hassan Nasrallah's death titled "Dust Over Dahiyeh". Link to article: https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/hassan-nasrallah-the-killing-of-a-killer/ The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:05 Why did you title your recent piece in New Lines Magazine, "The Killing of a Killer"? 0:59 Why is there no feeling of satisfaction? 2:16 Is this a particularly Lebanese experience? 2:37 How do you see Lebanon right now? 4:13 Is this a long war? 6:26 What do you think of Netanyahu's comments to Lebanese? 8:51 Is Netanyahu's rhetoric dangerous for Lebanese? 10:10 Can you criticize this war without risk? 11:44 Do you sense an atmosphere of intimidation? 14:06 Can you differentiate security problems from politics? 15:44 What are 'red flags' for criticism? 16:30 Is Hezbollah popular today in Lebanon? 18:22 Can Israel eradicate Hezbollah? 19:57 Is Lebanon's destiny doomed to failure?
This week Howie is joined by Nidal Bitari, a Palestinian refugee raised in Syria, for a discussion of the escalating crises in the Middle East. Articles Shared During Stream: Nidal Bitari, "Hatched at My Grandfather's Home. They Later Destroyed it,” New Lines Magazine, March 16, 2021, https://newlinesmag.com/essays/the-assad-dynasty-was-hatched-at-my-grandfathers-home-they-later-destroyed-it/ Joseph Daher, "Nothing Israel does will serve Syrians' struggle for freedom,” The New Arab, October 18, 2024, https://www.newarab.com/opinion/why-criticism-hezbollah-should-not-mean-support-israel Patrick Bond, "‘The Blessing' for Genocide: Nearly All BRICS+ Regimes Nurture Israel, Economically," Znet, October 1, 2024, https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-blessing-for-genocide-nearly-all-brics-regimes-nurture-israel-economically/ Streamed on 10/19/24 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/-ps2Mp01Y8g Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins. Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign. Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom
E102 Today's PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS - The Bottom Line with Jaco Booyens and Siranush Sargsyan Siranush Sargsyan is a refugee journalist originally from Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh. She specializes in covering human rights, politics, and the experiences of women in conflict and post-conflict settings in Nagorno-Karabakh. Her in-depth reporting has appeared in prestigious outlets such as BBC, New Lines Magazine, AP, Reuters, Newsweek, Open Democracy, IWPR, The Armenian Weekly, and Providence. She is bravely exposing the atrocities happening in her home country, and her story illuminates what happens when a territory loses its national status. helpjbm.org sexnationfilm.com Instagram: @jaco.booyens X: @booyensjaco TikTok: @jaco.booyens X: @siranushsargsy1 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacobooyens/support
Last Friday, Lebanon-based militant group, Hezbollah, confirmed that their secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut. As a significant political and cultural leader in the region, the death of Nasrallah poses a number of questions. Where does this leave the “Axis of Resistance”, the Iran-led coalition of militias united against Israel, of which Hezbollah is a crucial part? Does this open the door for an Israeli ground invasion in Lebanon? And what does it all mean for the fate of the Palestinians as the war in Gaza rages on?Kareem Shaheen, the Middle East editor of New Lines Magazine, joins us to unpack the significance of Nasrallah's death its potential ripple effects throughout the region. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcriptsTranscripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
A false smear about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio killing pets made its way from a fourth-hand Facebook rumor to Donald Trump's lips during his televised debate with Kamala Harris. Despite the fact that there is no evidence for this claim and local authorities have explicitly denied that it's true, Republicans have enthusiastically promoted the libel in order to demonize Haitians who are legally living and working in the town. This promotion includes AI generated images of anthropomorphic cats in tactical gear. We discuss how this false claim spread, the background of recent anti-immigrant sentiment in JD Vance's home state, a historical example of how American anti-immigrant conspiracy theories inspired deadly violence, and how the current smears are leading to innocent people being threatened right now. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: http://www.patreon.com/QAA Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe and Nick Sena. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) https://qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.SOURCES Bloody Mondayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Monday Harper, Leslie Ann. "Lethal Language: The Rhetoric of George Prentice and Louisville's Bloody Monday." Ohio Valley History 11, no. 3 (2011): 24-43. The Louisville Journal Thu, Jul 26, 1855https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/47743585/ Orozco, Jessica. County: No evidence of August claim that Haitians took geese at Springfield park, Springfield News-Sun.https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/county-no-evidence-of-august-claim-that-haitians-took-geese-at-springfield-park/NFRGJNURHREGHB32HBC6UKZJWQ/ Jordan, Miriam. How an Ohio town landed in the middle of the immigration debate, The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/springfield-ohio-school-bus-crash-haiti-immigrants.html Thalen, Mikael. Redditor dragged into migrant pet-eating fears thanks to photo of a man with a goose lashes out at JD Vance, The Daily Dot.https://www.dailydot.com/debug/redditor-migrant-pet-eating-fears-goose-photo-jd-vance/ D'Angelo, Alec. The origins of Trump's Ohio Pets Conspiracy, New Lines Magazine.https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-origins-of-trumps-ohio-pets-conspiracy/Caputo, M.A. ‘Trump blew it': Cat scratch fever on the debate stage, The Bulwark.https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-blew-it-cat-scratch-fever-on
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Originally recorded during the 6/10/24 Episode of How Did We Miss That?, found here: @YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qny0uyNqfos @RumbleVideo: https://rumble.com/v50rsbk-taibbi-the-censorship-files-our-data-weaponized-dems-spying-on-challengers-.html @TheRokfin: https://rokfin.com/stream/49496 @Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1004834764328822 Tonight's Stories: ⭐ Taibbi HARD at Work! The Censorship Files - AKA The Twitter Files, Reverse-Engineered through FOIA ⭐ The Intel Community Mole At Twitter? Meet Mudge Zatko ⭐ Democrats Hiring Infiltrators in Plain Sight All episode links found at our Substack: https://www.indiemediatoday.com/p/live-tonight-taibbi-the-censorship How Did We Miss That? features articles written by independent journalists who routinely challenge corporate-friendly “mainstream” narratives & counter the talking points pushed out by corporate-controlled media. Watch new episodes LIVE Sunday nights at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on YouTube, Rumble, Rokfin, Twitch, Facebook, Twitter & Telegram. Find the podcast on Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Amazon + most other major platforms. co-Host Indie is: ⭐ an INN co-founder ⭐ Co-host of American Tradition with Jesse Jett on INN ⭐ Founder & Editor of Indie Media Today Substack @IndieMediaToday ⭐ Executive Producer, The Politics of Survival with Tara Reade on INN ⭐ Creator of the Indie Media Awards @IndieMediaAward co-host Reef Breland is: ⭐ an INN co-founder ⭐ INN's Technical Director ⭐ Creator, co-Executive Producer, engineer & co-host of INN News ⭐ Producer, The Politics of Survival w/ Tara Reade on INN #SupportIndependentMedia #news #analysis #GeneralStrike #FreeAssangeNOW #mutualaid #FreeJonathanWall #FreeLeonardPeltier #DropTheCharges #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeMumiaAbuJamal #FreeJulianAssange Credits: ⭐ Co-Host, Producer, Stream & Podcast Engineer, Clip Editor: Indie Left ⭐ Co-Host, Producer & Technical Director: Reef Breland ⭐ Thumbnails & Outro: Bigmadcrab & Indie Left ⭐ Intro: Joe @STFUshitlib3 & Indie Left ⭐ Outro Music: Redpilled by Jesse Jett & The Awakening by Patrick Patrikios Wherever you are, Indie is! ⭐ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/indleft ⭐ Newsletter: https://www.indiemediatoday.com ⭐ How Did We Miss That?: https://rumble.com/c/HowDidWeMissThat ⭐ How Did We Miss That Twitter: https://twitter.com/HowDidWeMissTha ⭐ How Did We Miss That? Podcast: https://anchor.fm/independentleftnews/ ⭐ How Did We Miss That? Clips & Livestreams: https://www.indiemediatoday.com/p/how-did-we-miss-that-clips-livestreams ⭐ Indie Media Awards: https://linktr.ee/indiemediaawards Reef's Links: ⭐ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/reefbreland ⭐ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReefBreland INN Links: ⭐ Network Channels LinkTree: https://indienews.network ⭐ Network Members LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/innmembers ⭐ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indienewsnetwork ⭐ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/IndieNewsNetwork ⭐ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getindienews ⭐ Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/iNN ⭐ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/indienewsnetwork/ ⭐ Newsletter: https://indienewsnetwork.substack.com
This event was a launch of Professor Christopher Phillips' latest book 'Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East' published by Yale University Press. The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even harsher autocracies. Tensions were exacerbated by the meddling of outsiders, as regional and global powers sought to further their interests. The United States, for so long the dominant actor, had stepped back, leaving a vacuum behind it to be fought over. Christopher Phillips explores geopolitical rivalries in the region, and the major external powers vying for influence: Russia, China, the EU, and the US. Moving through ten key flashpoints, from Syria to Palestine, Phillips argues that the United States' overextension after the Cold War, and retreat in the 2010s, has imbalanced the region. Today, the Middle East remains blighted by conflicts of unprecedented violence and a post-American scramble for power – leaving its fate in the balance. Meet the speakers Christopher Phillips is Professor in International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. Phillips joined the School in January 2012, having previously worked as deputy editor for Syria and Jordan at the Economist Intelligence Unit. He is currently an associate fellow at the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House, working primarily on the Syria conflict and its impact on neighbouring states and the wider Middle East. He is co-curator of ‘Syria: story of a conflict' a public exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and the Imperial War Museum North. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University in 2014 & 2015. Chris lived in Syria for two years, in Aleppo, Damascus and Latakia, and much of his research focuses on that country. Phillips is also author of The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East published by Yale University Press in 2016. Faisal Al Yafai is International Editor at New Lines Magazine. He is a journalist, playwright, and partner at Hildebrand Nord. He was previously an investigative journalist for The Guardian in London and a documentary journalist for the BBC, and has reported from across the Middle East, from Eastern Europe, Russia and Indonesia. This event was moderated by Rim Turkmani. Rim Turkmani is a Senior Research Fellow in LSE IDEAS and the Research Director for Conflict Research Programme work in Syria. Rim is also the Principal Investigator of the Legitimacy and Civicness in the Arab World research project at the LSE Middle East Centre. Rim's research focuses on legitimate governance in the Middle East with an emphasis on constitutional legitimacy and local conflict and peace drivers.
Alex Rowell is a journalist, writer, and online editor at New Lines Magazine. In episode 40 of Tahrir Podcast, we discussed his most recent book, “We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World,” which offers an eccentric but provocative retelling of modern Arab history, providing an engaging account of Nasser's influence on the Middle East. The book delves into Nasser's role in shaping authoritarian systems across the Arab region, examining his influence beyond Egypt, including his interactions in countries like Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jm_4J4oRSl4 Rowell's book: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324021667/ Special thanks to Gabe Gluskin-Braun for helping out with the episode. Streaming everywhere!https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast Reach out! TahrirPodcast@gmail.com Support us on Patreon for as low as $2 per month ($20 per year)! https://www.patreon.com/TahrirPodcast
Intergenerational trauma, also called historical trauma, is defined as cumulative emotional and psychological wounding over the lifespan and across generations, emanating from massive group trauma experiences.The brutal October 7th attacks by Hamas inside of Israel, and the IDF's seemingly relentless assault on Gaza have captured the world's attention for the past six months. In this episode, we attempt to understand the psychological state that's developed over generations on both sides, which enables people to commit such violent acts. Our guest is Lydia Wilson, a research fellow at Oxford's Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge's Department of Middle Eastern Studies, and the Culture Editor at New Lines Magazine. Lydia has spent a good part of her career studying radicalization and the long-term psychological impact of violence on a population level. LEARN MOREArticles by Lydia WilsonThe Psychology of the Intractable Israel-Palestine Conflict, New Lines Magazine, October 2023Jordan's Fragile Balancing Act, New Lines Magazine, December 2023What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters, The Nation, October 2015Follow Lydia Wilson on X: @lsmwilson ABOUT THE SHOWMaking Peace Visible is a project of War Stories Peace Stories. Making Peace Visible is hosted by Jamil Simon and produced by Andrea Muraskin, with help from Faith McClure. Learn more at warstoriespeacestories.org. We want to learn more about our listeners. Take this 3-minute survey to help us improve the show! Support this podcast and the War Stories Peace Stories project
Wendy Pearlman discusses her New Lines Magazine article, "The Erasure of Palestinian Society." Seb's final (at least for a while, we hope) "The Past Inside the Present" follows the interview. Check out Wendy's article here: https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-erasure-of-palestinian-society/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell
The Best of 2023 continues with our April 10th interview with Rasha Al Aqeedi about her New Lines Magazine article, "Living — and Reliving — the US Invasion of Iraq." Check out Rasha's article here: https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/living-and-reliving-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell
Join us for the live stream of a conversation with Syrian writer & former political prisoner Yassin al-Haj Saleh moderated by Wendy Pearlman & Danny Postel. Broadcasting from Haymarket House. This event took place on October 17, 2023. Join us for the livestream of a conversation with Yassin al-Haj Saleh, the leading intellectual voice of the Syrian uprising and one of the key thinkers in the Arab world today, during his first visit ever to the U.S. Among al-Haj Saleh's nine books is The Impossible Revolution (Haymarket Books, 2017), which makes sense of both the nature of authoritarian domination in Syria and the historic popular struggle to topple it. Moderated by Wendy Pearlman, author of We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled: Voices from Syria and Danny Postel, co-editor of The Syria Dilemma and The People Reloaded, this dialogue will explore the origins and trajectory of the Syrian uprising, the internal and external forces that thwarted it, what comes next in the quest of emancipatory change, what lessons the Syrian experience might have for other struggles, and what lessons other struggles might have for Syria. This public event is co-sponsored by Northwestern University's Middle East and North African Studies Program, New Lines Magazine, and Haymarket Books. Speakers: Yassin al-Haj Saleh is the leading intellectual voice of the Syrian uprising and one of the key thinkers in the Arab world today. Born in the city of Raqqa in 1961, he was arrested in 1980 in Aleppo for his membership in a left-wing political organization and spent 16 years in prison. His wife, Samira al-Khalil, was abducted by an armed Islamist group in 2013. He is the author of nine books, including The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy (2017) and The Atrocious and its Representation (English edition forthcoming). One of the founders of the bilingual Arabic-English platform Aljumhuriya.net, he writes for a variety of international publications and is a Contributing Writer for New Lines Magazine. He is now based in Berlin. Wendy Pearlman is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, where she also holds the Crown Professorship of Middle East Studies and is currently director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies program. She is the author of Occupied Voices: Stories of Everyday Life from the Second Intifada (2003); Violence, Nonviolence, and the Palestinian National Movement (2011); We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria (2017); Triadic Coercion: Israel's Targeting of States that Host Nonstate Actors (with Boaz Atzili, 2018); and Muzoon: A Syrian Refugee Speaks Out (with Muzoon Almellehan, 2023). Her sixth book, The Home I Worked To Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora, is forthcoming from Liveright Books in 2024. Danny Postel is Politics Editor of New Lines Magazine, an award-winning global affairs publication which the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard says has “built a home for long-form international reporting.” He is the author of Reading “Legitimation Crisis” in Tehran (2006) and co-editor of The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future (2010), The Syria Dilemma (2013), and Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East (2017). His current book-in-progress, “Critical Solidarity,” explores the legacies of the late international relations theorist, Middle East scholar and internationalist Fred Halliday. This event is co-sponsored by Northwestern University's Middle East and North African Studies Program, New Lines Magazine, and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/qfmjwRD_ho4 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
On this episode, cyber expert Gavin Wilde joined us to talk all things cyberwarfare. He defined the term and its distinction from information warfare; shared the reasons why he believes studying Russia is important for this complex, actively developing, and hard-to-measure battlefront; and touched on the differences between the US and Russian military cyber and information operations and structures. Follow Gavin on Twitter/X @gavinbwilde. Thanks for listening! PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on December 2, 2023 during the ASEEES Convention at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Join us in Austin, TX for the 2024 #Connexions Conference, March 18-20, 2024, where we will be focusing on information warfare, cybersecurity, and extremism online. For more information visit https://connexions.ai. ABOUT THE GUEST Gavin Wilde is a senior fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he applies his expertise on Russia and information warfare to examine the strategic challenges posed by cyber and influence operations, propaganda, and emerging technologies. Prior to joining Carnegie, Wilde served on the National Security Council as director for Russia, Baltic, and Caucasus affairs. In addition to managing country-specific portfolios, he focused on formulating and coordinating foreign malign influence, election security, and cyber policies. Wilde also served in senior analyst and leadership roles at the National Security Agency for over a decade, after several years as a linguist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The insights he generated for counterintelligence, policymaking, and warfighting consumers included co-authorship of the Intelligence Community assessment of Russian activities targeting the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Wilde is a nonresident fellow at Defense Priorities and an adjunct professor at the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He previously assessed geopolitical risk for multinational corporations as a managing consultant at Krebs Stamos Group, a cybersecurity advisory. His commentary has been featured in War on the Rocks, Lawfare, Just Security, Barron's, New Lines Magazine, and elsewhere. Wilde holds a BA in Russian Studies from the University of Utah and graduated with distinction from the National War College with an MS in National Security Strategy. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! PRODUCTION CREDITS Host/Assistant Producer: Taylor Helmcamp (@mashamashenka ) Host/Assistant EP: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Associate Producer: Sergio Glajar Production Assistant: Faith VanVleet Production Assistant: Eliza Fisher Supervising Producer: Nicholas Pierce SlavX Editorial Director: Sam Parrish Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Alex Productions, Broke for Free, Joey Hendrixx, Cruxorium) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (@MSDaniel) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Gavin Wilde.
Two crazy cats and one hard-nosed reporter land in Syria right as it is thrown into turmoil. And a lovesick junior high kid will do anything to win over his crush. Even if that means going “undercover” for the US government. STORIES Wartime Cats Two crazy cats and one hard-nosed reporter land in Syria right as it is thrown into turmoil. Rasha Elass navigates her way through Damascus amidst government crackdowns and whistling missiles in search of the country she loves. This story contains graphic imagery and descriptions of wartime violence, sensitive listeners please be advised. Thank you, Rasha, for sharing your story with us! Rasha Elass is currently the editorial director at New Lines Magazine, where she first shared this story. She's also working on a memoir about her childhood and reporting days in Syria. Follow what she's up to on her website. Produced by David Exumé, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot Danger 9b Richard Hatch is overseas on a top-secret mission… to win over Jill, the most elusive, electrifying student in his 7th-grade class. He isn't suave or sophisticated, so he's gonna need help from The Beatles, the Russians, and even the CIA to pull it off. Thank you, Richard Hatch aka Danger 9b, for sharing your story with us! Rick is back in the US and is putting the finishing touches on a kid-friendly memoir about his travels abroad. Produced by Regina Bediako, original score by Dirk Schwarzhoff Season 14 – Episode 50
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by philosophers Subrena Smith and David Livingstone Smith to discuss the challenge and necessity of abolishing race. Subrena tells her story of moving from Jamaica to the deeply racialized culture of the USA and explains why she is Race Queer instead of Black. We discuss the many ways the ideology of race obscures actual human diversity, the difference between race and ethnicity, the similarities between race and witchcraft, and much more. Sacred Tension is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Subrena E. Smith is associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Hampshire. Her research is focused on philosophy of biology, in particular how biological thinking is misappropriated both in science and in popular culture.David Livingstone Smith is a professor of philosophy who has been studying dehumanization for almost twenty years. He has written three books on this subject. The first, Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others (St. Martin's Press, 2011), received the Anisfield-Wolf award for non-fiction. It was followed by On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It (Oxford University Press, 2020), and Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization (Harvard University Press, 2021).They both write at Dehumanization Matters on Substack: Read their article The Trouble With Race and Its Many Shades of Deceit in New Lines Magazine.Email David at dsmith@une.edu and Subrena at subrena.e.smith@gmail.com.I love hearing back from my audience. Did you agree with us in this conversation? Disagree? Let us know in the comments below. If your comment is excellent, I might feature it in an upcoming post. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sacredtension.substack.com/subscribe
Amie Ferris-Rotman, a global news editor for New Lines Magazine, wrote a personal essay about her experience being pregnant in Russia, where many citizens believe it is a woman's patriotic duty to give birth and become a mother. She talked about it with The World's Marco Werman.
In light of the shocking death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, today's From the Archive imagines a world without Vladimir Putin. Original air date: May 17, 2022 As the war continues in Ukraine, Putin is looking worse for the wear. David Rothkopf speaks with Andrea Kendall-Taylor of the Center for a New American Security, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine. Does Vladimir Putin have cancer? What would happen if Putin left office? Is Turkey about to veto Finland and Sweden joining NATO? Find out on this informative and entertaining episode. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In light of the shocking death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, today's From the Archive imagines a world without Vladimir Putin. Original air date: May 17, 2022 As the war continues in Ukraine, Putin is looking worse for the wear. David Rothkopf speaks with Andrea Kendall-Taylor of the Center for a New American Security, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine. Does Vladimir Putin have cancer? What would happen if Putin left office? Is Turkey about to veto Finland and Sweden joining NATO? Find out on this informative and entertaining episode. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ospite della settimana: Cecilia Sala Contributi audio: Fjona Cakalli, Cesare Martinetti Se ne parla dal 2017 e uscirà il 21 luglio del 2023. Il film su Barbie, la bambola più venduta al mondo, è il più atteso dell'anno. Solo che, a quanto pare, pur annunciandosi come un successo planetario, il film non avrà vita facile dappertutto: il Vietnam, ad esempio, non lo farà proiettare. Colpa di una mappa che compare nel film che darebbe ragione alla Cina su una tratta di mare conteso proprio con il Vietnam. Ma Barbie non è l'unico “simbolo” rappresentato in film e serie tv. I contributi audio di questa puntata sono tratti dal trailer pubblicato sul canale YouTube della Warner Bros Pictures il 25 maggio 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures, da un video pubblicato sul canale YouTube BarbieCollectors il 21 maggio 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8-avPUxyno&ab_channel=Barbie Collectors, da un video pubblicato sul canale YouTube di Top Channel Albania il 14 novembre 2018 https://youtu.be/aEh30NHu-98, da un video pubblicato sul canale YouTube di Netflix il 7 febbraio 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z6TntNvGZI&ab_channel=Netflix. Le fonti degli articoli citati nella puntata sono le seguenti: Barbie movie gets Vietnam ban over South China Sea map, BBC, 3 luglio 2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66083761; Taliban order closure of beauty salons in Afghanistan, The Guardian, 4 luglio 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/taliban-order-closure-of-beauty-salons-in-afghanistan; The last ‘sworn virgins' of Albania, BBC News, 12 marzo 2023 https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJQPbMraGFE&ab_channel=BBCNews; Ukraine Recruits Women Soldiers. Why Doesn't Russia?, New Lines Magazine, 13 giugno 2023 https://newlinesmag.com/argument/ukraine-recruits-women-soldiers-why-doesnt-russia/; Ukraine's women snipers take the fight to Putin, The Economist, 28 dicembre 2022 https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/12/28/ukraines-women-snipers-take-the-fight-to-putin; Where is Angola?, Africa Is a Country, 29 giugno 2023 https://africasacountry.com/2023/06/where-is-angola; After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox, The New Yorker, 2 luglio 2023 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/after-barbie-mattel-is-raiding-its-entire-toy-box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on Babel, Jon speaks with Dalia Hatuqa, a Ramallah-based journalist who has published widely in leading outlets around the world. They talk about the state of politics in the West Bank and Gaza; how the West and Arab states are engaging with the issue of Palestinian self-determination; and Palestinians' rising frustration with their government, the Israeli government, and the international community. Later in the episode, Jon continues the conversation with Will Todman and Danny Sharp, exploring the internal and external barriers to change in Palestinian politics. Dalia Hatuqa, “The New Palestinian Resistance: Young militants are ditching old-style factionalism to fight Israel's occupation,” Foreign Policy, March 29, 2023. Dalia Hatuqa, “Abbas is Destroying Democracy to Ensure His Successor Supports Israel,” Foreign Policy, March 24, 2022. Dalia Hatuqa, “Abu Mazen Stacks the Deck,” New Lines Magazine, March 19, 2021. Jon Alterman, “A U.S. Pivot Away from the Middle East: Fact or Fiction?” CSIS, May 23, 2023. Jon Alterman, “Will Israeli-Palestinian Violence Spin Out of Control?” CSIS, February 28, 2023. Transcript, “Dalia Hatuqa: Palestinian Politics,” CSIS, June 27, 2023.
After a tongue-twister of a Danish hangover cure, Chuck interviews Rasha Al Aqeedi about her New Lines Magazine article, "Living — and Reliving — the US Invasion of Iraq." Rasha Al Aqeedi, formerly a 2018-2019 Robert A. Fox Fellow in FPRI's Middle East Program, is Managing Editor of Irfaa Sawtak (Raise Your Voice) and a researcher and analyst of contemporary Iraqi politics and political Islam. She is also a non-resident fellow of George Washington University's Program on Extremism. Previously, Rasha was a researcher at the Al Mesbar Studies and Research Center in Dubai, and an analyst at Inside Iraqi Politics. Her work on Mosul and Sunni politics is frequently cited by The New York Times, Washington Post, AP and Buzzfeed. Rasha received an M.A. in Translation, a B.A. in Translation, and a B.A. in Computer Engineering from Mosul University. Check out Rasha's New Line Magazine article here: https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/living-and-reliving-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/
0:08 — Rasha al Aqeedi, Middle East deputy editor at New Lines Magazine; when US-led forces invaded, she was living with her parents in Mosul, in northern Iraq. 0:33 — Andrew Bacevich is co-founder of the Quincy Institute and Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University. The post The invasion of Iraq: Twenty years later appeared first on KPFA.
In this episode of Contours, host Minna Jaffery-Lindemulder speaks with Carolyn Moorman of the New Lines Institute and Kwangu Liwewe of New Lines Magazine about upcoming elections in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. They discuss key domestic security and economic challenges in each country, as well as threats to the elections and to democracy as a whole in the region. This conversation lays out the key players in each election, as well as their possible challenges ahead of Nigerian elections set for Feb. 25 and Zimbabwean elections over the summer.
Originally Aired: February 22, 2022 President Biden just spoke about Russia moving its troops into Eastern Ukraine and the U.S. response. David Rothkopf spoke with Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, Angela Stent of the Brookings Institution, and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine about where we are in the Ukrainian crisis and what might comes next. What sanctions will actually hurt Putin? Is Putin attempting to rebuild the Soviet Union or Czarist Russia? Are we about to see the largest land war in Europe since World War Two? Find out the answers to these and other vital questions at this pivot moment in history in this timely conversation. Join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Originally Aired: February 22, 2022 President Biden just spoke about Russia moving its troops into Eastern Ukraine and the U.S. response. David Rothkopf spoke with Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, Angela Stent of the Brookings Institution, and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine about where we are in the Ukrainian crisis and what might comes next. What sanctions will actually hurt Putin? Is Putin attempting to rebuild the Soviet Union or Czarist Russia? Are we about to see the largest land war in Europe since World War Two? Find out the answers to these and other vital questions at this pivot moment in history in this timely conversation. Join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Originally Aired: March 17, 2022 As Putin's war of choice in Ukraine continues, Russia is seeing major impacts domestically. The value of the Ruble dropped significantly following the invasion, Putin has cracked down on independent journalism, and sanctions are crippling the economy. To talk about the view from Moscow and the impact the war has had on Russians, David Rothkopf talked with Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine and Jill Dougherty of Georgetown University. How is the war viewed in Russia? What impact will Putin's recent speech have? Do the protests in Russia matter? Find out the answer to these and other questions during this thoughtful conversation. Join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Originally Aired: March 17, 2022 As Putin's war of choice in Ukraine continues, Russia is seeing major impacts domestically. The value of the Ruble dropped significantly following the invasion, Putin has cracked down on independent journalism, and sanctions are crippling the economy. To talk about the view from Moscow and the impact the war has had on Russians, David Rothkopf talked with Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine and Jill Dougherty of Georgetown University. How is the war viewed in Russia? What impact will Putin's recent speech have? Do the protests in Russia matter? Find out the answer to these and other questions during this thoughtful conversation. Join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The war in Ukraine has been going on for almost six months. To get the latest news about the war and predictions about what comes next, David Rothkopf spoke with Mark Hertling formerly of the United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army; David Sanger of the New York Times; and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine. What is the current status on the ground in Ukraine? How has the U.S. response evolved as the war has continued? How long can Russia sustain the war? Find out on this very thorough episode. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The war in Ukraine has been going on for almost six months. To get the latest news about the war and predictions about what comes next, David Rothkopf spoke with Mark Hertling formerly of the United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army; David Sanger of the New York Times; and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine. What is the current status on the ground in Ukraine? How has the U.S. response evolved as the war has continued? How long can Russia sustain the war? Find out on this very thorough episode. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Political deadlock to a power struggle. Leaks, protests, and sit-ins at parliament. One would have thought Iraq had seen it all. There is a crisis brewing in the country, with fears of serious bloodshed yet to come. In this episode: Rasha Al-Aqeedi (@RashaAlAqeedi), Middle East deputy editor at New Lines Magazine (@newlinesmag) Episode credits: This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan, and host Sami Zeidan. George Alwer is the sound designer. Aya Elmileik is the lead engagement producer and Munera AlDosari is the assistant engagement producer. Omar al-Saleh is the executive producer. Connect with us at:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
Waleed Salem's research into Egypt's judiciary has gotten him trapped in the criminal justice system. Waleed is a PhD student at the University of Washington (as well as a journalist, yogi, and father). He was arrested in May 2018 while finishing political science field work in Cairo. Waleed spent nearly seven months in Tora prison on terrorism charges and has been banned from travel ever since, separating him from his daughter in Poland and studies in Seattle. He reflects on the madness of being stuck in the system. Read Waleed's essay in New Lines Magazine: https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/scenes-from-my-ongoing-egyptian-captivity/ Chapters (00:00)- Intro (02:19)- Waleed's arrest (14:45) - Being charged with terrorism (19:20) - What can a terrorism lawyer even do to help? (21:43) - What does pre-trial detention renewals look like? (23:20) - Are rights lawyers only pretending to be effective? (29:52) - What was life like in Tora? (37:50) - Waleed's room in Tora (55:10) - What does it mean to be Egyptian at this time? (01:02:21) - How to tell the stories of those in prison (01:05:40) - Not seeing your face in a mirror (01:13:08) - On being released (01:17:25) - Waleed discovers he's travel banned (01:19:33) - Arrest my family if I don't come back (01:26:52) - They don't tell you what you're held for (01:37:27) - The difficulty of appealing a travel ban (01:41:10) - The psychological toll of open-ended travel bans (01:51:00) - What is a nightmare? (01:53:47) - Why we must study what we love Our pages: https://www.tiktok.com/@fromcairopodcast? https://www.facebook.com/From-Cairo-Podcast-111976887657863 https://www.instagram.com/fromcairopodcast Hosted by: Eric Knecht - https://twitter.com/EricKnecht, https://www.instagram.com/eric.knecht) Arwa Gaballa - https://twitter.com/MountainGoat89, https://www.instagram.com/arwagaballa) Contact: fromcairopodcast@gmail.com
Faisal Al Yafai talked about the process of establishing New Lines Magazine.New Lines is a magazine for the best ideas and writing about the Middle East and beyond. Based in Washington DC, New Lines specializes in long-form essays, including reportage, arguments and memoir, which bring together politics, culture and history. The magazine's celebrated podcast has featured deep-dive interviews with writers, thinkers and politicians.Created & hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About Outline:Outline is a process-focused conversation that looks at guests' individual projects rather than their full bodies of work. The conversation sketches the journey of the project; the spark of curiosity that led to the project, the process of implementing the idea, the struggles that emerged throughout the implementation, and the aftermath of the project that includes new questions and new ideas. The name “Outline” stems from the idea of creating a retroactive project outline which is part of a broader emphasis on the process of curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking from a nuts and bolts perspective. Outline is not discipline-specific; the series will be held with artists, academics, writers, filmmakers, among others. Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on afikra.com
Rasha Elass starts reporting in Syria to connect with a country that's as familiar to her as a dream. But the more time she spends there with her cats, the more the dream becomes a bit too real. This story contains graphic imagery and descriptions of wartime violence, sensitive listeners please be advised. Thank you, Rasha, for sharing your story with us! Rasha Elass is currently the editorial director at New Lines Magazine, where she first shared this story. She's also working on a memoir about her childhood and reporting days in Syria. Follow what she's up to on her website. Produced by David Exumé, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot Season 13 - Episode 24
As the war continues in Ukraine, Putin is looking worse for the wear. David Rothkopf speaks with Andrea Kendall-Taylor of the Center for a New American Security, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine. Does Vladimir Putin have cancer? What would happen if Putin left office? Is Turkey about to veto Finland and Sweden joining NATO? Find out on this informative and entertaining episode. Join us!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As the war continues in Ukraine, Putin is looking worse for the wear. David Rothkopf speaks with Andrea Kendall-Taylor of the Center for a New American Security, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine. Does Vladimir Putin have cancer? What would happen if Putin left office? Is Turkey about to veto Finland and Sweden joining NATO? Find out on this informative and entertaining episode. Join us!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Follow all things BareBactrian on Twitter: @BasiI___ ( https://twitter.com/BasiI___ ) (RIP @basil08521 and @BasilofBactria) Linktr.ee/barebactrian. Follow Ahmed-Waleed Kakar on Twitter: @AWSanzar ( https://twitter.com/awsanzar ) Read his latest for New Lines Magazine: https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/in-... Subscribe and Follow The Afghan Eye on Youtube and Twitter: https://www.youtube.com/c/AFGHANEYE https://twitter.com/AFGEYE In this first [of 3(maybe 4)] addendum episodes to BareBactrian (given the delay in trying to get to Afghanistan - i'll explain), Basil is once again joined by the one and only Ahmed-Waleed Kakar of the AfghanEye (https://www.youtube.com/c/AFGHANEYE) to discuss his latest for New Lines Magazine. We Discuss: -an update on Basil Goes To Bactria -Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, its history and rationale -Girls schools and Womens' veils -Doing Good and Not Doing The Not Good -Big Tech, The FCC, and HR Depts as western Ministries for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice -The Anarcho-Tyranny of Western Liberalism -and MORE! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barebactrian/support
This week, David Rothkopf and Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University are joined by Peter W. Singer of New America and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine to discuss the lessons learned so far in the war in Ukraine and what that means for the future of the conflict and foreign policy more broadly. Was cyber actually not important in the conflict? What lessons is China learning from the conflict? How should we rethink the interconnectedness of the global economy moving forward? Find out the answer to these and other pressing questions on this thoughtful episode. Join us.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, David Rothkopf and Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University are joined by Peter W. Singer of New America and Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine to discuss the lessons learned so far in the war in Ukraine and what that means for the future of the conflict and foreign policy more broadly. Was cyber actually not important in the conflict? What lessons is China learning from the conflict? How should we rethink the interconnectedness of the global economy moving forward? Find out the answer to these and other pressing questions on this thoughtful episode. Join us.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As Putin's war of choice in Ukraine continues, Russia is seeing major impacts domestically. The value of the Ruble dropped significantly following the invasion, Putin has cracked down on independent journalism, and sanctions are crippling the economy. To talk about the view from Moscow and the impact the war has had on Russians, David Rothkopf talked with Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine and Jill Dougherty of Georgetown University. How is the war viewed in Russia? What impact will Putin's recent speech have? Do the protests in Russia matter? Find out the answer to these and other questions during this thoughtful conversation. Join us.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As Putin's war of choice in Ukraine continues, Russia is seeing major impacts domestically. The value of the Ruble dropped significantly following the invasion, Putin has cracked down on independent journalism, and sanctions are crippling the economy. To talk about the view from Moscow and the impact the war has had on Russians, David Rothkopf talked with Michael Weiss of New Lines Magazine and Jill Dougherty of Georgetown University. How is the war viewed in Russia? What impact will Putin's recent speech have? Do the protests in Russia matter? Find out the answer to these and other questions during this thoughtful conversation. Join us.Help those in need in Ukraine. Visit bit.ly/redoaksukraine for more information and to donate.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The war in Ukraine continues to drag on into its second week. DSR host David Rothkopf speaks with Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University; Mark Hertling, former Commanding General of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army; Michael Weiss, News Director at New Lines Magazine; and David Sanger of the New York Times about the current state of the conflict and what to expect in the coming days. What is the current situation militarily in Ukraine? Will Russia turn to cyber warfare soon? Are NATO countries going to be able to continue to supply Ukraine without being drawn into the conflict. Find out the answers to these questions and more on this informative conversation. Don't miss it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The war in Ukraine continues to drag on into its second week. DSR host David Rothkopf speaks with Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University; Mark Hertling, former Commanding General of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army; Michael Weiss, News Director at New Lines Magazine; and David Sanger of the New York Times about the current state of the conflict and what to expect in the coming days. What is the current situation militarily in Ukraine? Will Russia turn to cyber warfare soon? Are NATO countries going to be able to continue to supply Ukraine without being drawn into the conflict. Find out the answers to these questions and more on this informative conversation. Don't miss it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Last night, U.S. forces in Northern Syria killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi who until yesterday was the current leader of ISIS. It was an operation in which at least 13 people, including civilians, were killed, apparently when al-Qurayshi detonated a bomb that destroyed the building they were in. What are the implications for the future of ISIS, for the future of Syria and for the future of the U.S. military, which is supposedly at peace these days? To chew it over, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare senior editor Scott R. Anderson, and Hassan Hassan, editor-in-chief of New Lines Magazine. They talked about who al-Qurayshi was, what we know about him, who on the ground was helping the United States, the future of Syria and its new political landscape, and what this all means for Joe Biden.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, Basil is joined by Ahmed-Weleed Kakar, co-founder of The Afghan Eye, an independent media platform providing current, English-language analysis of events as they unfold in Afghanistan. Together they discuss: the Occupation of and War in Afghanistan in light of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's defeat of western occupying forces. the phenomenon of the "Afghan Gusano" liberalism and "Islamism" liberal imperial hypocrisy the meme of "women and girls", The scam perpetrated against the working people of the west by their politicians and defense contractors the occupation puppet government, the new government, and the diaspora through a postmodern lens The I$I$ aligned so-called "National Resistance Front" or NRF and the importance of creating a connection between America First/Anti-Left politics and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Follow @BactrianPod on Twitter. All links: linktr.ee/barebactrian Find Ahmed-Waleed on Twitter at @AWSanzar Follow The Afghan Eye on Twitter at @AfgEye Subscribe to The Afghan Eye on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AFGHANEYE Read Ahmed-Waleed's interview with Anas Haqqani published in New Lines Magazine: https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/taliban-the-next-generation/ If you like BareBactrain Podcast please support by sharing and if you'd like to support "Operation Kick Basil Out of The Country to Afghanistan," check out BareBactrian Merch at barebactrian.myshopify.com or cashapp $Barebactrian All links: linktr.ee/barebactrian NEXT EP: 2/16 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barebactrian/support
This is a conversation with Asser Khattab, a Syrian writer who has reported on Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq for various international news outlets. We spoke about his essay for New Lines Magazine, "why I stopped writing about Syria." Support: Patreon.com/firethesetimes Website: http://TheFireThisTi.Me Substack: https://thefirethesetimes.substack.com Twitter + Instagram @ firethesetimes Topics Discussed: How Asser started writing about Syria Pigeonholing as Arab journalists Why Asser stopped writing about Syria Us leaving Lebanon at the same time Picturing safe spaces What is 'normal'? The role of Twitter in journalism The dangers of living in Lebanon as an undocumented Syrian Survivor's guilt and imposter's syndrome Resources Mentioned: A look at the Lebanon uprising through its chants Syrian melancholy in Lebanon's revolution Newlines Podcast That Cairo Concert, Mental Health and Growing Up Queer in Lebanon (With Hamed Sinno) ‘Revolution everywhere': A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protesters Hong Kong's Existential Crisis (with JP) Syrian Prison Literature and the Poetics of Human Rights (with Shareah Taleghani) Syria, Journalism and the Cost of Indifference In the End, It Was All About Love (with Musa Okwonga) Recommended Books: Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe God: An Anatomy by Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Kamran Bokhari is a foreign policy specialist and director of analytical development at the New Lines Institute. In this episode, he joins host Rasha Elass to talk about his essay in New Lines Magazine on Deobandism, a major fundamentalist Islamic movement with influence across South Asia and beyond. They discuss how it emerged from one of the Sunni tradition's most liberal schools of jurisprudence - and why so few in the West have heard of it.
This week, Alan, Quinta and Scott were joined by special guest, Rational Security editor Jen Patja Howell! They sat down to discuss:“Our Stand on Havana”: While pressure is building on the Biden administration to take a stand on Havana Syndrome, our understanding of what is happening to U.S. diplomats and other officials remains limited. What should the United States do next?“SupersonicNewBallisticsExquisiteBlastAdocious”: In the last few weeks, China's unveiled a new supersonic missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads past U.S. defenses. At the same time, the United States has announced new technology that allows nuclear warheads to explode with “exquisite timing” that dramatically magnifies their effectiveness. Is this the beginning of a new sort of arms race?“International Lampoon's European Vacation”: President Biden is meeting with a number of his foreign counterparts in Europe this week to discuss issues ranging from the global economy to climate change. Will Biden be able to repair these key relationships or is the Trump era still weighing down the United States' international standing?For object lessons, Quinta noted the death of Viktor Bryukhanov, the former manager of the nuclear plant at Chernobyl at the time of its meltdown; Alan urged listeners to check out the hour long video introducing the post-Facebook company, Meta; Scott pulled a hat trick and endorsed an article on the strange origins of the symbols on the ISIS flag, published in the excellent New Lines Magazine, which he listened to on the surprisingly good text-to-speech app Speechify; and Jen took a moment to thank all the wonderful good samaritans doing the hard, thankless task of working as poll workers and other volunteers during Virginia's recent election.Be sure to visit our show page at www.lawfareblog.com and to follow us on Twitter at @RatlSecurity. And Rational Security listeners can now get a committed ad-free feed by becoming a Lawfare material supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Arash Azizi is the author of “Shadow Commander: Soleimani, US & Iran's Global Ambitions” and the author of an essay for New Lines Magazine on Iran's new president. In this podcast with New Lines' Rasha Elass and Cameron Khansarinia, policy director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, based in Washington DC, they explore the new president's background, whether Iran is going through a domestic crisis and what the future of American-Iranian relations will look like.
Nafees Hamid is a cognitive scientist of political violence who wrote an essay for New Lines Magazine on why people join violent groups. In this podcast with New Lines' Faisal Al Yafai, he discusses his essay, “The Neuroscience of ‘Devoted Actors' Within Extremist Groups”, explores similarities between jihadists who joined ISIS and the insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol – and explains why neuroscience shows that a feeling of being excluded can change what people are willing to fight – and die – for.
Nick Foretek is the author of “The Philosopher's Wine”, a long-read for New Lines Magazine that tells the story of several years in the life of one Syrian fighter. In this podcast with New Lines' Faisal Al Yafai and Idrees Ahmad, he discusses how he first met the fighter in Cairo, what prompted him to tell the story, why he made certain literary decisions – and whether he thinks the fighter is a sympathetic character.