Mar 5, 2026
Hosts Alistair Taylor and
Matthew Czekaj are joined by MEI Senior Fellow Fadi Nicholas Nassar
to discuss Hizballah’s role in the escalating conflict in the
Middle East and the implications for Lebanon. A day after the
United States and Israel launched a joint military campaign against
Iran, Tehran’s Lebanese proxy...
Feb 26, 2026
Against the backdrop
of one of the largest US military deployments to the Middle
East since 2003, MEI Senior Fellow Alex Vatanka joins hosts
Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj to assess the
situation inside Iran on the eve of potential war. Weeks
after the Islamic Republic’s brutal crackdown on...
Feb 19, 2026
Hosts Alistair Taylor and
Matthew Czekaj are joined by MEI Senior Fellow Natan Sachs to
discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s February 11
visit to the White House, Israel’s anxieties surrounding the
ongoing US-Iran talks, and the domestic political dynamics
Netanyahu is operating under. Taylor, Czekaj,...
Feb 12, 2026
MEI Senior Fellow
Mohammed Soliman joins hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj to
discuss his new book, West Asia: A New American Grand
Strategy in the Middle East. The book argues that it is time
for the United States to move decisively away from nation-building
and focus instead on order-building, outlining a...
Feb 5, 2026
Hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj are joined by MEI Distinguished Military Fellow Mick Mulroy to discuss the Trump administration's new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and its implications for the Middle East. While serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for the Middle East from 2017 to 2019,...