The Middle East Forum cordially invites you to this week's podcasts.
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After the Strike: The Future of Tehran's Proxies
with David Daoud |
For decades, Iran’s network of proxies—Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and others—formed a formidable axis, projecting Tehran’s influence across the Middle East. Over the last 18 months, Israel has struck a series of devastating blows, leaving these groups reeling. From Hezbollah’s decimation in Lebanon, to Hamas’s weakened grip in Gaza, and culminating in Israel’s attack a few days ago on the IRGC leadership itself, Iran’s once-mighty proxies face an uncertain future. How did Iran’s strategy of proxy warfare shape the region’s conflicts? What do these setbacks mean for Tehran’s regional ambitions, its proxies’ survival, and the shifting balance of power? |
Monday, June 16, 2025
1:00PM Eastern Time |
David Daoud is a senior fellow at FDD focused on Lebanon and Hezbollah. He previously worked as a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, director of Israel, Lebanon, and Syria research at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), and a research analyst at FDD. David also has experience working as a staff member on Capitol Hill providing analysis on matters related to the Middle East, Israel, and Iran. His work has been cited or published in outlets including Haaretz, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. David holds a JD with a concentration in international law and the laws of armed conflict from Suffolk University in Boston. |
Israel Insider
with Ashley Perry |
Israel has commenced a large-scale attack on Iran's nuclear weapons program. How will the confrontation end? What impact may the attack have on regional dynamics? |
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
3:00PM Eastern Time |
Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as adviser to Israel's minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15, and has also worked with Israel's Ministers of Intelligence, Agriculture and Rural Development, Energy, Water and Infrastructure, Defense, Tourism, Internal Security, and Immigrant Absorption and as an advisor to The Negev Forum. Originally from the U.K., he moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a B.A. from University College London and an M.A. from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). |
The Middle East Forum, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual and operational means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government. |
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