Borzou Daragahi

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Transcript: Episode 3 — Thrill Seeking

1 week ago | ft.com | Sam Jones |Borzou Daragahi

This is an audio transcript of the Hot Money: Agent of Chaos podcast episode: ‘Thrill Seeking’ Sam Jones Before we begin, I just wanted...
How Will the Middle East Navigate An Accelerating Transition From Fossil Fuels?

Oct 9, 2024 | stimson.org | Borzou Daragahi |Barbara Slavin |Joaquin Matamis

Editor’s Note: Borzou Daragahi, a veteran journalist, has covered the Middle East from a variety of perspectives and postings, including major oil producers and energy consumers. This is his first piece for Stimson. By Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow, Middle East PerspectivesA Middle East grappling with armed conflicts, geopolitical deadlocks, refugee crises, and the growing impact of climate change faces new upheaval in a quicker-than-expected worldwide transition to clean energy.
Iran once had air inferiority. After its attack on Israel, it flies high.

Apr 19, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Borzou Daragahi |Holly Dagres

Conflict Defense Policy Iran Israel Middle East Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense Iran once had air inferiority. After its attack on Israel, it flies high. Iran’s unprecedented April 14 attack on Israeli territory was a warning shot. It showed Tehran’s potential ability to put a dent in Israel’s formidable air superiority despite essentially its lacking a modern air force. The direct Iranian air attack on Israeli soil was a watershed moment in the region’s steadily deteriorating...
Turkey and Egypt bury the hatchet, marking an finish to rising third axis within the Center East

Mar 15, 2024 | pressnewsagency.org | Borzou Daragahi

Turkey and Egypt bury the hatchet, marking an finish to rising third axis within the Center EastPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s go to to Egypt on February 14 marked a milestone in diplomatic relations between two international locations that fell grievously afoul of one another throughout a uncommon interval of political and ideological divergence that lasted virtually a decade.
How to convince the steak-lover in your life to go vegan | Borzou Daragahi

Aug 26, 2023 | independent.co.uk | Borzou Daragahi

Your university-aged cousin or niece may be addicted to falafel sandwiches. But your meat-loving uncle and aunt are still a long way from giving up steak for shiitake, or replacing the chicken in their vindaloo with bean curd. Indeed, evidence suggests that the for vegan eating habits have slowed recently, and that enthusiasm for plant-based diets may be waning after it peaked several years ago.
A Higher Kalın: Turkey’s religion scholar turned spy chief

Aug 21, 2023 | turkeyrecap.substack.com | Borzou Daragahi

Intelligence officers and diplomats often write tell-alls about their time in public service. A couple like Graham Greene and John le Carre have even turned out enduring classics. But perhaps not since early modern Italy’s Niccolo Machiavelli has a senior statesman been as prolific a scholar as İbrahim Kalın, the new head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
A Taliban-Led Afghanistan Isn’t the Neighbor Iran Bargained For

Aug 15, 2023 | worldpoliticsreview.com | Borzou Daragahi

For the two decades following the attacks of 9/11, Iran blamed much of Afghanistan’s miseries on the military intervention there by the United States and its allies, which Tehran characterized as a war of imperial conquest. But two years after the U.S. withdrawal that Tehran had long demanded, and with the Taliban now firmly in power in Kabul, Iran finds itself facing a unique set of challenges emanating from Afghanistan.
Is the truth really out there? Why we need to talk about UFOs and the secrecy that surrounds them

Aug 6, 2023 | independent.co.uk | Borzou Daragahi

On an afternoon off the California coast almost 19 years ago, US Navy pilot David Fravor saw something that would challenge everything he ever believed. While leading a routine training mission with a squadron of F/A-18 Hornets, he spotted something unusual in the sky. It was a number of Tic Tac-shaped objects about the size of his own plane but with the ability to move in a way that countered the laws of physics as we understand them.
Erdogan’s Foreign Policy Pivot Is All About Domestic Politics

Jul 24, 2023 | worldpoliticsreview.com | Borzou Daragahi

Fresh off an impressive election victory and a NATO summit where he played the role of both wily villain and sought-after star, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to the wealthy states of the Persian Gulf last week on a tour meant to show off his status as an interlocutor between east and west, north and south—while also drumming up business to keep his country’s economy afloat.
Erdogan’s Foreign Policy Pivot Is All About Domestic Politics

Jul 24, 2023 | msn.com | Borzou Daragahi

Fresh off an impressive election victory and a NATO summit where he played the role of both wily villain and sought-after star, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to the wealthy states of the Persian Gulf last week on a tour meant to show off his status as an interlocutor between east and west, north and south—while also drumming up business to keep his country’s economy afloat.