Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Experts discuss the #Trump administration's #MiddleEast Policy and its implications for the region.
Speakers:
Noura Erakat, Human Rights Attorney and Legal Scholar; Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Jasmine El-Gamal, Founder and Director, Mindwork Strategies; Creator and Host, The View From Here Podcast; Former Pentagon Middle East Advisor; National Security and Middle East Expert
Nader Hashemi, Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Patricia Karam, Vice President of Policy and Communications, American Task Force on Lebanon; Non-resident Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC
Josh Paul, Co-Founder and Director, A New Policy; Former Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, US Department of State
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development and Director of the Critical Issues Poll, University of Maryland; Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Arab Center Washington DC
Ishaan Tharoor – Moderator
Foreign Affairs Columnist and Anchor of Today’s WorldView Column, The Washington Post
Experts discuss the #Trump administration's #MiddleEast Policy and its implications for the region.
Speakers:
Noura Erakat, Human Rights Attorney and Legal Scholar; Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Jasmine El-Gamal, Founder and Director, Mindwork Strategies; Creator and Host, The View From Here Podcast; Former Pentagon Middle East Advisor; National Security and Middle East Expert
Nader Hashemi, Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Patricia Karam, Vice President of Policy and Communications, American Task Force on Lebanon; Non-resident Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC
Josh Paul, Co-Founder and Director, A New Policy; Former Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, US Department of State
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development and Director of the Critical Issues Poll, University of Maryland; Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Arab Center Washington DC
Ishaan Tharoor – Moderator
Foreign Affairs Columnist and Anchor of Today’s WorldView Column, The Washington Post
