The View from Doha 2025
From Global Security Briefing by The Royal United Services Institute
December 10, 2025 · 57 min · Season 1 · Episode 113
About this episode
The episode discusses insights from the Doha Forum 2025 on the shifting Middle East security landscape after two years of conflict.
Dr Burcu Ozcelik and Nicholas Hopton join Neil Melvin to discuss key insights from the Doha Forum and the shifting Middle East security landscape. In this episode, recorded at the Doha Forum 2025, Neil Melvin speaks with Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Senior Research Fellow at RUSI and Nicholas Hopton, RUSI Distinguished Fellow and former British Ambassador, to discuss the state of Middle Eastern security after two years of conflict. They explore how regional and global powers are responding to the effects of these conflicts, and what a new security order might look like. Topics discussed include: The current Middle East landscape following major conflicts across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and the Gulf. Prospects for a new regional security order and pathways toward peace. How regional actors are positioning themselves diplomatically and strategically. Reactions to the new US National Security Strategy and perceptions of US engagement. Key takeaways from the Doha Forum debates on regional stability, governance and future diplomacy.
People in this episode
Host: Neil Melvin
Guests: Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Nicholas Hopton
Topics covered
- Middle East security
- Doha Forum
- regional security order
- US National Security Strategy
- diplomatic positioning
- conflict impacts
Keywords
- Doha Forum
- Middle East
- security landscape
- regional stability
- US engagement
- conflict
- diplomacy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: RUSI
Places: Doha, Middle East, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Gulf
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