The New Middle Eastern Balance of Power, with Elliott Abrams

Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman of the Vandenberg Coalition and the Tikvah Fund, joins the show to discuss Israel, Iran, and the new power dynamics in the Middle East. What new alliances have emerged since the chaos on October 7, 2023? How has the current war with Iran reshaped the region? With a storm of competing interests, fragile partnerships, and global stakes, can stability emerge, or is the Middle East heading toward an even wider conflict?

02:10 - Israel today

04:02- Israeli airport security

05:58 - Netanyahu’s domestic political situation

09:07 - Bibi’s secret visit to the UAE

10:15 - American military aircrafts in Israel

12:01 - Israel-UAE relationship

15:57- October 7th Middle East aftermath

17:17 - Erosion of Iranian proxies

19:20 - Israeli-Saudi relationship

20:27 - Egypt’s global decline

22:24 - Turkey’s role

29:09 - Israel-Lebanon relationship

28:30 - Hezbollah factor

32:25 - How to handle Hamas

36:31 - Iran and the future of the Strait of Hormuz

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