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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has been tracking American views on foreign policy since the end of the Vietnam War. Last week, it released its 2025 survey—and the results point to a widening partisan divide on some of the most fundamental questions about America's role in ...  Show more

For the past year and a half, South Sudan has been on the brink of a new civil war. A 2018 peace deal that ended the last civil war has been faltering, while the war across the border in Sudan has threatened to spill south. According to my interview guest, Daniel Akech of the Int ...  Show more

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the Middle East and around the world.   In today's episode, Pope Francis begins a four-day trip to Bahrain, his second official visit to the Gulf following his journey to the UAE in 2019.   The UAE Cen ...  Show more

The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicked off this week in the Qatari capital Doha. The tournament comes at a time of fast-evolving politics in the region. Just a few years ago, a spat within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) saw Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) break dip ...

We're joined by Mohamad Bazzi for Episode 120 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss domestic attempts for political reform in Iraq and Lebanon and the geopolitical constraints facing protestors throughout the region. Mohamad Bazzi is an associate professor of journalism at New Yor ...  Show more

Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, Bahrain's King Hamad reappoints Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad as Prime Minister, with a mandate to lead the next government.   Rescuers work into ...  Show more