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Růžička & VořechovskýRevolution or Bloody Repression? Iran between Uprising and WarIran is experiencing the largest wave of anti-government protests in decades—possibly since 1979. The regime is responding with brutal force, while the people are answering with open defiance. What is really happening on the streets of Tehran? How firm is the grip of the ayatollahs, and does the crisis risk regional escalation? Our guest is Zineb Riboua, Moroccan political scientist and Middle East expert, who argues that the regime is in serious trouble.
2026-01-1444 min
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningZineb Riboua: Zohran Mamdani and Third-Worldism ascendentToday on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Zineb Riboua, a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute's Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israeli-Arab relations. Riboua's pieces and commentary have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Jerusalem Post and Tablet among other outlets. She holds a master's of public policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. She did her undergraduate studies in France, wh...
2025-12-021h 04
Israel UpdateThe UN Security Council Resolution: Gaza, Jerusalem, Baku, Washington, Ankara, and RiyadhIt is not clear how the theory of the Trump plan will be implemented in practice - and above all it is still unclear how Hamas will be disarmed. Has the UN Security Council Resolution made things any clearer? Are Israel's friends in Baku, Azerbaijan going to help solve this conundrum, and finally, have Israel Update's listeners managed to explain to Mike and Gadi what a conundrum is? And here are the links we promised:
Zineb Riboua's piece on why the right get Mamdani wrong: https://www.hudson.org/politics-government/what-right-gets-wrong-about-zohran-mamdani-zineb-riboua
And here's Mike's conversation w...
2025-11-241h 15
Orthodoxy#157 // Zineb Riboua | How Zohran Mamdani Became The Mayor Of New York CityZohran Mamdani was just elected to be the next Mayor of New York City. How did an anti-American, anti-Capitalism, anti-Jew, anti-Western millennial become the most powerful person in the largest city in the United States? I wanted to know. So, I talked with Zineb Riboua – a research fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She’s written extensively on the Middle East and the ongoing power struggles in one of the most violent and unstable regions in the world. But what does Middle Eastern politics have to do with New York City and Zo...
2025-11-191h 14
Call Me Back - with Dan SenorInside Call me Back SNEAK PEEK: Between Mamdani and Tucker, Are Jews Getting Squeezed? - with Jonah GoldbergTo listen to the full version of this conversation, subscribe to Inside Call me Back: https://tinyurl.com/insideCMBLearn more about opening a JCF charitable fund today for flexible and strategic giving at jcfny.orgGift a subscription of Inside Call me Back: http://inside.arkmedia.org/giftsJonah Goldberg in the LA Times: latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-10-28/donald-trump-dictatorJonah Goldberg's The Remnant podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-remnant-with-jonah-goldberg/id1291144720Jonah Goldberg's Suicide of the West: https://www.amazon.com/Suicide-West-Tribalism-Nationalism-Destroying/dp/1101904933...
2025-11-0847 min
Breaking BattlegroundsGordon Rayner Exposes BBC Bias, Zineb Riboua Explores Third-Worldism, and Shay Khatiri Breaks Down Nuclear StrategyThis week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck Warren and Sam Stone welcome three distinguished guests offering global expertise and fresh perspective. The Daily Telegraph's Associate Editor Gordon Rayner shares his investigations into the BBC's bias and how the network intentionally edited Trump's speech to make him appear to say things he never did. Then, Zineb Riboua from the Hudson Institute joins to discuss Third-Worldism, ideology, and great power competition shaping the Middle East and North Africa. Finally, Shay Khatiri of the Yorktown Institute weighs in on Trump's remarks about nuclear testing, U.S. treaty limits, and the shifting balance of...
2025-11-071h 28
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningZineb Riboua: Zohran Mamdani and Third-Worldism ascendentThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Zineb Riboua, a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israeli-Arab relations. Riboua’s pieces and commentary have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Jerusalem Post and Tablet among other outlets. She holds a mast...
2025-11-0720 min
Hudson Institute Events PodcastAfrica in the Dark: The Cost of Misguided International Energy PoliciesAfter decades of growth, global electricity access has hit a downturn in recent years, especially in Africa. Roughly half the population of sub-Saharan Africa still lacks electricity, limiting access to water and modern medicine and preventing the expansion of industry.
Yet international organizations like the International Energy Agency and the World Bank have prioritized reducing emissions over eliminating poverty. Many development agencies stopped granting loans or finance for projects that either produce fossil fuels or burn them to generate electricity. This has forced more sub-Saharan Africans to burn wood, dung, or biomass, sources that produce more emissions, pollution, and health...
2025-09-1958 minHudson Institute Events PodcastAssessing the Armenia-Azerbaijan AgreementPresident Donald Trump has invited Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to the White House for a landmark summit aimed at ending decades of hostility. The leaders are expected to sign key agreements to establish lasting peace between their long-divided nations. Research Fellow Zineb Riboua will moderate a conversation on the potential implications of this historic accord with Senior Fellow Michael Doran and Damjan Krnjević Mišković, professor of practice at Azerbaijan’s ADA University and editor of the policy journal Baku Dialogues.
2025-08-0859 minHudson Institute Events PodcastStrategic Realignments: The Middle East After the Israel-Iran ConflictSenior Fellow and Director of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Michael Doran, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs President Dan Diker, and Center for Security Policy Senior Analyst David Wurmser will discuss the shifting dynamics in the Middle East following the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in an event moderated by Research Fellow Zineb Riboua. They will examine how Israel’s decision to act independently has impacted its relationship with the United States, what the war’s outcome signals for Iran’s regional ambitions, and how key players like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Syri...
2025-07-281h 06
Nothing But The TruthZineb RibouaTrudy Stern speaks with Zineb Riboua of the Middle East Forum to connect global flashpoints—from Africa to the Middle East to American campuses. Together they examine how Iran, Russia, and China are working through proxy groups like the Polisario Front to destabilize regions and challenge Western influence, highlighting why these conflicts are not isolated, but deeply interconnected.
2025-07-1744 minHudson Institute Events PodcastThe Iranian Regime Under Pressure: What’s Next?Operation Midnight Hammer, the United States’ recent strike against Iranian nuclear infrastructure, and Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, which dismantled Iran’s covert infrastructure and paved the way for the US attack, have forced the Islamic Republic into a new phase of strategic decision-making.Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei now faces difficult choices. He needs to weigh Iran’s long-term ambitions for regional power against the risks of deeper military escalation and the threat of growing unrest inside the country. His regime is under pressure to project strength abroad while containing dissent at home.What is Khamenei...
2025-07-1554 min
East to West | Voices of the Middle EastHow Israel’s Operation Rising Lion Dismantled Iran from WithinIn this gripping episode of East to West, host Sarah Martinez Amir speaks with Zineb Riboua, Middle East scholar at the Hudson Institute, about Operation Rising Lion — the Israeli strike that shattered Iran’s strategic command and sent shockwaves through the Middle East.Zineb explains how Israel pulled off one of the most sophisticated deception campaigns in modern military history, why Iran’s grip on its proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and Syria is faltering, and how the Islamic Republic may be on the brink of collapse. We also dive into what this operation means for U.S. strategy, shifti...
2025-06-2618 min
Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl#68 Zineb Riboua: Iran’s Project Has Already Collapsed. It’s Weaker Than Ever and It’s Gonna Get Worse➡️ Join the community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/Thank you Conducttr for sponsoring the podcast. Take a look at Conducttr's services and its crisis exercise software at: https://www.conducttr.comThis is a conversation with Zineb Riboua, a Middle East expert and a research fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East - about the ongoin...
2025-06-2037 min
Eye For IranEye for Iran | Ep 50 | Is Trump giving Iran the upper hand?Trump’s surprise ceasefire with the Houthis caught the Pentagon—and Israel—off guard. What does this signal about US-Israel ties, Iran’s leverage over its proxies, and the future of Trump’s Middle East policy? Eye for Iran brings together top experts Fatima Abo Alasrar, Avi Melamed, Gregory Brew, and Zineb Riboua to unpack what’s really behind the Houthi pause, Iran’s influence, and whether Israel is being left to face Tehran alone. Don’t miss this explosive panel discussion.#Iraninternational #ایران_اینترنشنال
2025-05-0936 minHudson Institute Events PodcastAmbassador François Zimeray on the Arbitrary Detention of Boualem SansalBoualem Sansal, a French Algerian author arbitrarily detained in Algeria, has long criticized political Islam and state-sponsored antisemitism in the country. For years, the Algerian regime harassed him for his activism, including a courageous visit to Israel. Since his November 2024 arrest, which has drawn widespread international condemnation, Sansal’s situation has worsened. He has been held in inhumane conditions and fallen gravely ill.François Zimeray, an international human rights lawyer and former French ambassador for human rights, is Sansal’s legal counsel. But Algeria has repeatedly denied Ambassador Zimeray entry into the country and targeted him in an...
2025-04-2845 minRazib Khan's Unsupervised LearningZineb Riboua: realism in foreign policy in 2025 Today on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Zineb Riboua, a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute's Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israeli-Arab relations. Riboua's pieces and commentary have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Jerusalem Post and Tablet among other outlets. She holds a master's of public policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. She did her undergraduate studies in France, whe...
2025-04-171h 07
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningZineb Riboua: realism in foreign policy in 2025This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comToday on Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Zineb Riboua, a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israeli-Arab relations. Riboua’s pieces and commentary have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Jerusalem Post and Tablet among other outlets. She holds a mast...
2025-03-2925 minHudson Institute Events PodcastSyria: What’s Next?The Middle East is undergoing a dramatic shift. The Assad regime in Syria has fallen, Iran’s proxies are vanishing, and Turkey is expanding its regional influence. Meanwhile, the Trump administration may withdraw United States forces from the region. Washington’s next move will be critical.Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Can Kasapoğlu will discuss the evolving situation, what is next for Syria, and the future of US foreign policy in the region with Research Fellow Zineb Riboua.
2025-03-211h 16Hudson Institute Events PodcastThe US Energy Shift and Its Consequences for the Middle EastThe West’s attempted transition away from fossil fuels has given its adversaries an advantage. China dominates much of the green energy sector, and Russia continues to fund its war against Ukraine with oil and natural gas profits. Meanwhile, Iran has capitalized on this shift by using its oil revenues to bolster its regional influence, fund proxy militias, and strengthen ties with both Russia and China. The Trump administration has begun to reverse the energy policies that created this dangerous paradigm, but the United States will need the cooperation of its allies and partners—particularly in the Middle East—to reg...
2025-03-1239 minHudson Institute Events PodcastIran on the Brink: Resistance, Repression, and Global Power ShiftsAs Iran’s regime tightens its grip at home, it is also strengthening its anti-Western alliance with China and Russia. But with President Donald Trump back in the White House, Tehran will likely face maximum pressure sanctions and increased strikes on its proxies. With simmering domestic unrest and escalating regional tensions, where does Iran go from here?Join Zineb Riboua, research fellow and program manager at Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, for a conversation with Mariam Memarsadeghi, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Dr. Ladan Boroumand, cofounder of the Abdo...
2025-03-1258 minHudson Institute Events PodcastHow Russia Is Reshaping the SahelThe Sahel is quickly becoming an important battleground in a high-stakes geopolitical contest—and Russia is making bold moves. From military entanglements to economic footholds and disinformation campaigns, Moscow’s expanding influence is upending old alliances and forcing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Western governments to rethink their strategies.Join Research Fellow Zineb Riboua as she interviews Mali-based expert Ulf Laessing, director of the Regional Sahel Program at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, for a discussion on the shifting power dynamics in the Sahel.
2025-03-1137 minRůžička & VořechovskýSyria is burning, Assad is falling: Interview with Top Expert Zineb RibouaSyria is burning, Assad is falling: Interview with Top Expert Zineb Riboua
2024-12-0949 minHudson Institute Events PodcastWhat the US Election Means for the Middle EastFormer President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offer vastly different visions of United States foreign policy, particularly toward the Middle East. What are the key distinctions in their approaches? What are the implications of the upcoming election for US allies in the region? And how might each candidate alter the US-Israel relationship?For a discussion of these questions, join Research Fellow Zineb Riboua, Senior Fellow Michael Doran, and Executive Director of the Alexander Hamilton Society Gabriel Scheinmann.
2024-11-011h 03Hudson Institute Events PodcastOctober 7 One Year LaterOn October 7, Hamas launched the deadliest assault on Jews since the Holocaust, marking a profound shift not only for Israel but for the entire Middle East. At the time, Iran and its proxies viewed the attack as a strategic opportunity to increase pressure on Israel and other American allies.How have things changed since then? How has the October 7 attack affected United States–Israel relations? And what strategies should the US adopt to counter Iran?Join Zineb Riboua and Michael Doran of Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East for a disc...
2024-10-0459 minHudson Institute Events PodcastWhat China’s Middle East Policy Means for the US and IsraelLast year, Chinese diplomats brokered an Iran–Saudi Arabia deal that elevated Beijing’s status as a mediator in the Middle East. China hoped the deal would induce a greater “wave of reconciliation” in the region and strengthen its position. But Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel changed Beijing’s calculations.To discuss China’s ambitions in the Middle East, Beijing’s position in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and what this all means for American interests in the region, Hudson’s Zineb Riboua hosts a discussion with Senior Fellow John Lee and Atlantic Council Nonresident Fellow Tuvia Gering.
2024-06-2459 minHudson Institute Events PodcastWhat China’s Middle East Policy Means for the US and IsraelLast year, Chinese diplomats brokered an Iran–Saudi Arabia deal that elevated Beijing’s status as a mediator in the Middle East. China hoped the deal would induce a greater “wave of reconciliation” in the region and strengthen its position. But Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel changed Beijing’s calculations.To discuss China’s ambitions in the Middle East, Beijing’s position in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and what this all means for American interests in the region, Hudson’s Zineb Riboua hosts a discussion with Senior Fellow John Lee and Atlantic Council Nonresident Fellow Tuvia Gering.
2024-06-2159 minHudson Institute Events PodcastThe Future of US-Israel RelationsJoin Senior Fellow Michael Doran, Mosaic Editor Jonathan Silver, and Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Elliott Abrams for a discussion on the future of United States–Israel relations, moderated by Research Fellow Zineb Riboua.They will discuss the changes in Israel’s foreign and domestic policies since the October 7 massacre, the Biden administration’s Middle East policy and its impacts, and the rise of anti-Zionism in the US.
2024-03-1454 min
UnchartedWho Guards the Guardians? Reviewing 2022 UN Human Rights Council CandidatesOn October 3rd, 2022, UN Watch hosted a media briefing in New York ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s elections. The remarks on this podcast were originally delivered by human rights experts Rodrigo Diamanti, Mutasim Ali, Zineb Riboua, and Dan Hoang. They spoke on the human rights situation in Venezuela, Sudan, Algeria, and Viet Nam respectively.
2022-10-3129 min![The Missing Piece [International]](https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/10/8/22/ebdfd627-fcb9-40ef-927c-36cbf16fbdfd_dizainas_be_pavadinimo__17_.jpg)
The Missing Piece [International]Tunisians Won't Be SilencedWhat is happening in Tunisia should not a political surprise to anyone, given the fact that current economy is in turmoil, inflation is causing more protests and riots nationwide. How should we understand the reasons behind it? After changing the constitution, should the President gain more power, or less? How about the current social unrest in Iran? Is democracy being abused by the existence of dictatorships? Zineb Riboua is research associate and program manager of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in China’s involvement in the...
2022-10-0929 min
The BoardwalkEpisode 49: WTF is Happening in Iraq with Zineb RibouaWe took a break from talking about Afghanistan to chat with Zineb Riboua, Research Associate and Program Manager for the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute, about the recent intrareligious fighting between Shia political factions in Iraq that boiled over into 2 days of violence in the streets of Baghdad and Basra. We also dive into the role Iran plays in destabilizing the Iraqi government and what it could mean for the region._________________________________________ Where to Listen:Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple Spotify: ht...
2022-09-1353 min