Lee Smith

Experts discuss anti-semitism in the U.S.

Experts discuss U.S.-Iran tensions

Experts discuss Turkey and U.S.-Turkish relations

Experts discuss Yemen

Experts discuss the U.S.-Colombia alliance

Experts discuss Venezuela

Experts discuss Iran sanctions

Lee Smith, Michael Doran, Mohammed Alyahya, and Tony Badran discuss tensions between Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

Michael Pregent, Lee Smith, Omri Ceren, and Ambassador Alberto Fernandez discuss the JCPOA and the administration’s broader Middle East strategy.

Ilan Berman, Michael Pregent, Hillel Fradkin, and Lee Smith discuss Iran's strategic posture in the Middle East and its land bridge from Syria to Iraq

Michael Doran, Peter Rough, Michael O’Hanlon, and Lee Smith debate President Trump's Middle East reset

Lee Smith, Michael Pregent, Mohammed Khalid Alyahya, and Fatimah S. Baeshen on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and tensions in the the Gulf Cooperation Council

Michael Doran, Hillel Fradkin, Liel Leibovitz, and Lee Smith on the impact of the June 1967 War in Israel and its importance today to the Middle East

Lee Smith, Lina Khatib, Neil Quilliam, Tony Badran and Andrew Tabler discuss US and UK perspectives on the conflict in Syria

Michael Doran, Lee Smith, Mohammed Alyahya, and Ali Shihabi discuss Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the new direction of the Trump administration.

Michael Doran, Walter Russell Mead, Ray Takeyh, and Lee Smith on Eisenhower's experience and the Trump administration's options in the Middle East

Lee Smith, Michael Doran, Reuven Azar, and Tony Badran discuss the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War and the prospect of resumed conflict.

Eric Brown, Sarah Feuer, Lee Smith, and Samuel Tadros discuss the prospects for lasting democracy and persistence of extremist sects in North Africa.

Michael Doran, Joseph Bahout, Jomana Qaddour, and Lee Smith discuss the Syrian War.

Hudson Institute hosts a panel on the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia with Ali Alfoneh, Michael Doran, Phillip Smyth, and Lee Smith

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Michael Pregent, and Lee Smith discuss how to confront the problems consuming the Middle East.

Lee Smith, Benjamin Haddad, Simond de Galbert, Laure Mandeville, & Christopher Caldwell discuss the Paris attacks and the ongoing crisis in Syria.

George Deek, an Israeli diplomat, and Lee Smith discuss the latest eruption of violence in Israel and its impact.

Lee Smith, Michael Doran, Tony Badran, & Hannah Thoburn discuss Putin's power play in Syria and the balance of international power in the Middle East.

David Albright, Omri Ceren, Michael Doran, and Lee Smith discuss separate arrangements between Iran and IAEA, the JCPOA, and nuclear nonproliferation.

Lee Smith, Derek Harvey, Jack Keane & Michael Pregent discuss the danger of sanctions relief for terrorists like Qassem Suleimani in the Iran Deal.

Senator Tom Cotton, Michael Doran, Lee Smith, William Tobey, and Hillel Fradkin discuss the Iran nuclear deal.

Samuel Tadros, Mokhtar Awad, Jantzen Garnett, and Lee Smith discuss Egypt's future.

Amb. James Jeffrey, Tolga Tanis, Gonul Tol, Eric Brown and Lee Smith discuss the Turkish election results and the Kurds' growing political power.

Lee Smith hosts Henry Sokolski, Tod Lindberg, and Dov Zakheim for a conversation on the importance of nonproliferation policy strategy.

Lee Smith and Efraim Inbar discuss the impact of the emerging American-Iranian nuclear deal.

Lee Smith joins Michael Doran, Matthew Kroenig, and David Samuels on the implications of the in-progress nuclear deal with Iran.

The sectarian clash that erupted four years ago in Syria has metastasized into a conflict that has engulfed much of the Middle East and spread beyond

The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri a decade ago not only cut down one of the region’s moderate Muslim leaders but also

Shmuel Bar, Michael Doran, Hillel Fradkin, and Lee Smith explore U.S. policy in the Middle East with respect to future regional strategy.

Lee Smith lead a panel discussion with David Albright, Michael Doran, Hillel Fradkin and Ray Takeyh on the impact of a nuclear deal with Iran.

To address Middle East strategy and diplomacy, Hudson Institute hosted Lee Smith, Andrew Tabler, Michael Pregent, and Hussain Abdul-Hussain.

August 26th Hudson panel discussion of the present state of Jordan, its future, and its role in American Middle East policy.

On August 14, Hudson Institute hosted a panel on whether al Qaeda or Iran constitutes the major strategic threat to US interests in the Middle East

On May 16th, Lee Smith moderated a panel with Samuel Tadros and Mokhtar Awad to discuss the future of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s Egypt.

A Hudson Institute panel discussion on the "Joint Plan of Action" nuclear agreement with Iran, and the future of American Middle East security policy.

With Mubarak's reign in Egypt all but over, policy makers in the U.S. and around the globe are seeking to understand why Egypt's government proved so