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Are Israel and Iran on the Path to War?

February 18, 2019  •  The Newsmakers / TRT World

Are Israel and Iran destined to drag the wider Middle East towards a regional war? Is Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu just posturing militarily in the run up to the elections? Is President Trump and PM Netanyahu responsible for the increased regional tensions and pitting the Arab world against its Persian neighbors? Matthew RJ Brodsky joins Tehran-based and pro-regime analyst, Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm, on TRT World's "The Newsmakers" to discuss.

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U.S. Kicks Off Ambitious MidEast Conference in Warsaw as Iran Dominates the News

February 13, 2019  •  ClearCut with Michelle Makori / i24News

Iran dominates the Middle East news cycle as the U.S. kicks off an ambitious conference in Warsaw, Poland. Matthew RJ Brodsky joins Washington Correspondent Shayna Estulin and E.J. Kimball from the Middle East Forum on i24News "ClearCut" with Michelle Makori. They discuss what the U.S. hopes to achieve at the Warsaw conference, the bombing that killed dozens of IRGC members in Iran near the border with Pakistan, and the former U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist who was charged with spying for Iran.

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40 Years Since Iran's Islamic Revolution

February 11, 2019  •  Perspectives with Tracy Alexander / i24News

Matthew RJ Brodsky joins i24News Senior Middle East Correspondent, Muhammad al-Kassim on i24News "Perspectives" with Tracy Alexander to discuss the 40th anniversary of the revolution in Iran that fashioned the country into an Islamic Republic.

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Developments on the White House's Palestinian-Israeli Peace Plan

February 6, 2019  •  ClearCut with Michelle Makori / i24News

On the heels of President Trump's State of the Union Address, Matthew RJ Brodsky joins Michelle Makori on i24News to discuss the latest developments on the White House plans to release a peace plan to address the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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What the IC's Threat Assessment Means for American Politics

February 4, 2019  •  Security Studies Group

In his 2002 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush described Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as the "Axis of Evil." In 2019, a week before President Donald J. Trump is set to deliver his own, the six heads of his intelligence community (IC) provided their annual assessment of worldwide threats. Instead of an evil axis, they identified "the BIG 4" – China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran – as the countries that pose the greatest menace to the United States. Despite the U.S. media focus on the different perceptions between President Trump and his own IC, there were several notable developments that shouldn't get lost in the shuffle of partisan bickering.

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