Sam Harris speaks with Dan Senor about the state of the world two years after the October 7th attacks. They discuss the rise of global antisemitism, immigration and the failure of Western nations to contend with the spread of Islam, the dramatic reshaping of the Middle East, the ongoing war in Gaza, Trump's proposed peace plan, criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel’s biggest military and public relations mistakes during the war, President Trump’s surprising reliability as an ally to Israel, antisemitism on the Left and the Right, Tucker Carlson, Zohran Mamdani, and other topics.
Dan Senor is a foreign policy expert and host of the Call Me Back podcast. He is the co-author of two New York Times-bestselling books: Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (2009) and The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World (2023). Senor served as a senior Department of Defense official and chief spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, for which he was awarded the Pentagon’s highest civilian honor. He has also served as a foreign policy advisor for multiple Republican presidential campaigns and in the U.S. Senate.
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