Podcasts by Washington Line

Are Turkey’s overtures to Egypt genuine or just posturing? from 2021-03-20T15:52:52

It is too soon to know how far Ankara's attempt is going to go and whether it is a genuine reproachment attempt with Cairo or just another public posturing, said Michael Wahid Hanna, Egypt expert a...

'A collision course between the incoming Biden and Erdogan administrations is a real possibility' from 2020-11-27T17:32:45

Retired U.S. diplomat Edward G. Stafford told Ahval's Ilhan Tanir that there is a real possibility that the incoming Biden administration might well be on the collision course over many thorny issu...

Trump victory is good for Erdogan, Biden victory for people of Turkey - Ret. US diplomat from 2020-11-01T09:45:29

Trifecta victories for Democrats likely to bring strong push for punitive actions against Erdoğan from 2020-10-28T04:47:30

Ali Abaday: Korona salgını Trump'ın tüm hatalarını gözlere sokan bir hastalık haline geldi from 2020-07-01T23:00:19

Ahval İngilizce Editörü İlhan Tanır ve Ahval köşe yazarı, gazeteci Ali Abaday, ABD seçimlerindeki son gelişmeleri, Trump & Biden arasında kızışan yarışı konuştu.

Turkey carrying out a demographic change in N.Syria - Trump appointee from 2020-06-10T19:56:49

International observers and independent agencies have witnessed severe religious freedom violations in Northeastern Syria which are directed by the Turkish government, said the Vice Chair of U.S. C...

Turkey could pioneer parliamentary democracy, just as it did the populist wave - Bechev from 2020-05-29T17:57:46

Turkey, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is seen as one of the pioneers of the populist wave across the world. According to Dimitar Bechev, a non-resident senior fellow at th...

Syrian Kurds are now in uncharted territory with Syrian regime back and Russian presence on the ground from 2019-10-22T20:00

Ahval's Ilhan Tanir is joined by reporter Wladimir van Wilgenburg, who is the co-author of “The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts," to discuss the 10-point agreement reac...

Halkbank penalty could be very severe – Courthouse News reporter Adam Klasfeld from 2019-10-18T11:54:52

Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News discussed the recent indictment of Turkey’s state-run Halkbank for breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran with Ahval editor Ilhan Tanir.

Halkbank indictment may hold message for Erdoğan: Cooperate or be indicted from 2019-10-17T08:31:29

The senior VP of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and former terror finance analyst for the U.S. Treasury Jonathan Schanzer discussed the latest Halkbank indictment with ...

'Russia may hand over Kobani to Erdoğan, as it has no strategic importance to anyone but Kurds' from 2019-10-16T16:51:10

Michael Weiss, the Daily Beast's editor-at-large and co-author of NY Times best seller "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror" spoke to Ahval's Ilhan Tanir.

Scholar Amy Holmes shares her experiences after speaking at CHP Syria conference and receiving attacks from Turkish ruling party media from 2019-10-05T22:29:06

Scholar Amy Austin Holmes spoke to @ahval_en about her impression of CHP's first International conference on Syria

US reaction to dismissal of Kurdish mayors were very weak - Stafford from 2019-08-29T19:17:02

Edward G. Stafford retired from the U.S. Foreign Service officer discusses the latests between Turkey and the U.S. with Ahval's Ilhan Tanir.
Stafford's most recent overseas assignment was as C...

Heras: U.S. Military has two strong red lines for safe zone from 2019-08-21T19:04:19

A fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Nicholas Heras is a prominent expert on Syria.In today’s podcast, @NicholasAHeras unpacked discussions surrounding the safe zone in northe...

Stafford: We have been witnessing a car crash in slow motion from 2019-07-12T20:18:48

Stafford's last assignment was as a faculty member of the Inter-American Defense College where he taught Civilian-Military relations. His most recent overseas assignment was as Counselor for Politi...

"The chief is going to hit back, that's what he does - analyst on Istanbul elections" from 2019-06-27T07:35:45

Senior Professorial Lecturer at American University Doğa Ulaş Eralp spoke to Ahval's Ilhan Tanir about last Sunday’s Istanbul elections.

Sunday elections' results is a watershed moment i...

Turkey's democracy is back from the dead from 2019-06-25T21:22:51

Blaise Misztal is a fellow at Hudson Institute, one of the leading think tanks in Washington, D.C. His research programme focuses on the Middle East, Europe, and strategic competition.

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Turkish citizens see freedom as their heritage and continue to speak up from 2019-06-07T21:00:34

Ms. Sarah Repucci, Senior Director for Research and Analysis at the Freedom House, an international human rights watchdog, talked to Ahval's Ilhan Tanir about the recent report published by the Fre...