# Elizabeth Tsurkov

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Iraq: Anatomy of a Broken State

Aimen's in the thick of it this week so isn't able to appear on the show. Sitting in for him is Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli researcher and analyst, and a doctoral student at Princeton University. During field research in Iraq in 2023, she was kidnapped by Kata'ib Hezbollah and held in capt…

Trump lifts Hormuz naval blockade & inside Iran’s ‘idiot’ proxy army

Donald Trump says the US is lifting its blockade of Iranian ports and boats in the Strait of Hormuz - does this mean a peace deal is imminent? Plus, Iran famously has two militaries: a regular army, and the IRGC. But Tehran also has a third force: its network of foreign militias in Iraq, Lebanon an…

Reading the Middle East: A Conversation with Elizabeth Tsurkov

Elizabeth Tsurkov has spent years doing what most researchers only read about — traveling into conflict zones, sitting with militia commanders, and listening to the people living inside the stories we think we understand. A doctoral candidate at Princeton and fellow at both the Middle East Policy…

The MENA Mix: Regional Recap | August 2026 | Season 2, Episode 7

The MENA Mix: Regional Recap is a monthly video podcast, produced by the Institute for Middle East Options (IMEO). Each episode features rotating experts who unpack and analyze key news stories shaping the Middle East and North Africa. Our August episode brought together Oubab Khalil (Khalil Group …

Diane Foley and Elizabeth Tsurkov on Hostages, Wrongful Detentions, and State Terror

Today on The Gist, guest host Charlie introduces two conversations centered on hostage recovery and wrongful detention abroad. First, Mike Pesca speaks with Diane Foley, founder of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, who reflects on her son's murder by ISIS in 2014, the institutional failures tha…

The Rest of the World Report | September 8, 2026 — Evening Edition

Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. I will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to support keeping it free for everyone else, there’s a paid option. That’s all it is. THE UNHEEDED WARNING Roughly ten days before October 7, 2…

US troops leave Iraq. What comes next?

The last  American troops have left Iraq after a military presence of more than a decade in the country. The exit of the remaining forces from Irbil, in the northern Kurdistan region, follows an agreement between the US and the Iraqi government, signed two years ago, to withdraw foreign troops by …

Elizabeth Tsurkov: Sharaa's Syria is no threat to Israel

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe. Israel and Jews around the world marked three years since the October 7 attacks this week. It was a time to remember the fal…

Elizabeth Tsurkov: Sharaa's Syria is no threat to Israel

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe. Israel and Jews around the world marked three years since the October 7 attacks this week. It was a time to remember the fal…