Podcast
Apr 14, 2026
Israel Update
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Contents
On Israel Update, Michael Doran and Zineb Riboua discuss the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s decision to target Iranian shipping. They say it is unlikely that the Islamic Republic’s military dictatorship can survive for much longer. Riboua provides an analysis of the China angle of the war and why Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary matters.