About this episode

In this episode, Dan Senor and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discuss the shifting balance of power in the Middle East post-9/11.

Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict really at the center of the Middle East? In Part 2 of Dan’s conversation with historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Cauldron, they trace how the balance of power in the Middle East shifted after 9/11, from ...

People in this episode

Host: Dan Senor

Guest: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Topics covered

• Middle East
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• historical analysis
• power dynamics
• 9/11 impact

Keywords

• Middle East
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Simon Sebag Montefiore
• 9/11
• historical context

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Cauldron

Places: Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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