

FDD Morning Brief
FDD
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.
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Jun 28, 2024 • 17min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Lina Khatib (Jun. 28)
FDD Senior Fellow David Daoud delivers timely situational updates and analyses on Israel, Lebanon, Hezbollah, and the war in the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Lina Khatib, Director of the UK-based SOAS Middle East Institute.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 26, 2024 • 22min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Saeed Ghasseminejad (Jun. 26)
FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Saeed Ghasseminejad, Senior Iran and Financial Economic Advisor at FDD.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 24, 2024 • 21min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Hanin Ghaddar (Jun. 24)
FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Hanin Ghaddar, Friedmann Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant region of the Middle East.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 21, 2024 • 23min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Noa Tishby (Jun. 21)
FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Israeli activist, author, and actress Noa Tishby to discuss antisemitism, extremism in Hollywood and on U.S. college campuses, anti-Israel bias on the world stage, and more.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 19, 2024 • 23min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Kylie Moore-Gilbert (Jun. 19)
FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Australian-British author and academic, who was imprisoned for more than 800 days by the brutal Iranian regime.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 17, 2024 • 23min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Mosab Hassan Yousef (Jun. 17)
FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Mosab Hassan Yousef, ex-Hamas terrorist-turned-covert Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) agent and son of Hamas co-founder, Sheikh Hassan Yousef.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 14, 2024 • 23min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Firas Maksad (Jun. 14)
FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Firas Maksad, a senior fellow and the senior director for outreach at the Middle East Institute, an adjunct professor at GWU’s Elliott School of International Affairs, and a foreign policy contributor at The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 12, 2024 • 23min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Ghaith Al-Omari (Jun. 12)
FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, who previously held various positions within the Palestinian Authority.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 10, 2024 • 24min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Kobi Marom (Jun. 10)
FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Col. (Res). Kobi Marom, an Israeli national security expert who has been closely following the developments in the Middle East before and since 10/7, particularly on Israel’s northern border.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Jun 7, 2024 • 24min
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Eli Lake (Jun. 7)
FDD Senior Vice President Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Eli Lake, national security reporter at Bari Weiss' The Free Press, whose work has been closely covering the developments in the Middle East since 10/7 and Israel's war to dismantle Hamas.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/