Podcasts

On this week’s episode of the National Security Podcast, Ariel Oseran and Dr. Yoel Guzansky from the Institute for National Security Studies explore what normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia means for both nations, what are the broader regional and global implications of such a historic agreement, and will incoming President Trump succeed where Biden did not.

Six months ago, on the morning of October 7th, Israel and the Jewish world faced the most tragic and monstrous attack against Israelis and Jews since the Holocaust. In a special program, INSS researcher Adi Kantor sits down with Senior Researchers Prof. Chuck Freilich from the Israel–US Relations program, Prof. Kobi Michael from the Israeli–Palestinian Relations program, Dr. Yoel Guzansky from the Regional System—Peace Accords program, and Research Fellow Danny Citrinowicz from the Iran program to discuss their assessments in their fields of research regarding the current situation and its future implications. Is Israel about to face a total war? What plans are in place for “the day after” in Gaza, and can the war’s objectives still be achieved?

Ari Heistein and Dr. Yoel Guzansky sit down to discuss recent developments in the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen and their implications for regional security. What was the impetus behind the intervention? Why was it unable to achieve its goals? And will the Saudi-UAE relationship be damaged by UAE’s withdrawal from Yemen or can the impact of their diverging policies be contained?