Michael Brooks hosts Djene Bajalan (@djenebajalan), Assistant Professor of Middle East History at Missouri State University, to discuss the new revelations from John Bolton’s book and the similarities between Turkey’s AKP government and America’s GOP in terms of repressing dissent. On today’s show: Cops shoot projectile at man filming from window in Louisville, KY. Rep. Matt […]

Joining correspondent Michael Brooks on today’s program is Steven A. Cook (@stevenacook), the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss the status of America’s Syria withdrawal and how Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and John Bolton’s cancelled meeting can help explain where the US Turkish relationship […]

Steven A Cook (@StevenACook), Senior fellow of Middle East and North African studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to talk about our relationship with Turkey since Trump became president. Why is Turkey upset with the United States? The obsession with Fethullah Gulen by Erdogan’s supporters.

Steven Cook (@StevenACook), the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations joins us on the show today, along with Michael Flynn’s blatant cooperation with the Turkish government. Turkey’s history as a “Frenemy” to the US. Who is Fethullah Gülen and why did the Turks have Mike […]