FDD Morning Brief
The FDD Morning Brief provides timely situational updates on contemporary events. Start your Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 8:30am (ET) with digestible analysis and the headlines our experts are watching. The FDD Morning Brief can be streamed on YouTube, X, and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Episodes (412)
Why bombs alone won't beat Iran | feat. Andrew Fox
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Groundhog Day in Gaza | feat. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
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A broke and belligerent Iran | feat. Norman Roule
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Qatar's ICC influence operation | feat. Eugene Kontorovich
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A Middle East in flux | feat. Ahmad Sharawi, guest hosted by Sinan Ciddi
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The blockade bleeding Iran dry | feat. Max Meizlish, guest hosted by Natalie Eca...
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From Epic Fury to Economic Fury | feat. Rich Goldberg
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Israel on trial | feat. Roy K. Altman
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Can Lebanon break free from Hezbollah? | feat. Hussain Abdul-Hussain
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The Gulf's crude awakening | feat. Bernard Haykel
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Iran's dirty hand in Sudan | feat. Ambassador Fernandez, guest hosted by Mariam...
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China's MidEast reckoning | feat. Gen. H.R. McMaster
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The unsettled score in Iran | feat. David Adesnik
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Can Iran bypass the blockade? | feat. Miad Maleki
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FDD Morning Brief SITREP | The stakes behind the Iran ceasefire
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The art of the ceasefire deal? | feat. Khosro Isfahani
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The 20-year war on freedom | feat. Yana Gorokhovskaia
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Is Turkey the new Iran? | feat. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, guest hosted by Sinan...
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Hezbollah versus Lebanon | feat. Hagar Chemali
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30 days of Roaring Lion | feat. Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amir Eshel
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The splintering axis of evil | feat. Ilan Berman
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Washington's war with itself | feat. Rep. Gottheimer (D-NJ)
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Is the U.S. maxing out the pressure on Iran? | feat. Brian Hook
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Winning the sanctions war | feat. Peter Doran
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Washington's two-front war | feat. Lewis Libby
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The mullah's monarchy | feat. Ray Takeyh
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The Iran war's dire straits | feat. Jonathan Hessen and RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgom...
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Will Epic Fury finish the regime? | feat. Einat Wilf
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FDD Morning Brief SITREP | The Iran war is testing the Gulf
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FDD Morning Brief SITREP | The military partnership fueling Epic Fury
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FDD Morning Brief SITREP | A wounded regime and the U.S.-Israel alliance
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A post-Khamenei Iran | feat. Nadav Eyal
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Erdogan's neo-Ottoman ambitions | feat. Sinan Ciddi
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Has Australia lost its way? | feat. Erin Molan
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The goal isn't a better deal — it's a free Iran | feat. Mark Dubowitz
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An ancient city's modern divide | feat. Yishai Fleisher
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Is Washington too sold on Syria's new strongman? | feat. Andrew Tabler
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"Peace through strength" or posture without strategy? | feat. Steve Hayes
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Will war return to Gaza? | feat. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
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Trump drew a red line. Tehran crossed it. Now what? | feat. Rich Goldberg
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Is Turkey Iran's successor? | feat. Reuel Marc Gerecht
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What will it take to rebuild Gaza? | feat. Ghaith Al-Omari
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Gaza's societal reconstruction | feat. Adi Schwartz
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Is this the end of UNRWA? | feat. Asaf Romirowsky
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Al-Sharaa's Kurdish gambit | feat. Ahmad Sharawi
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Could the Maduro playbook work on Khamenei? | feat. Elliott Abrams
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U.S. forces amass as Iranian protesters die — where's the strike? | feat. Michae...
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Is Venezuela China's reality check? | feat. Craig Singleton
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Where is the "maximum support" when Iranians need it the most? | feat. Emily Sch...
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How Iran's unfolding revolution tests U.S. policy | feat. Steven A. Cook
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