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 September episode brought together Mickey Bergman (Global Reach Chief Executive Officer) and Stacia George (Global Reach Chief Engagement Officer). They examined September’s regional developments through a negotiator’s lens, exploring how trauma, political pressures, and public messaging shape decision-making. Using UNGA as a springboard, they discussed public threats alongside continued U.S.–Iran diplomacy, Israel’s upcoming elections, and Syria’s challenges of rebuilding trust and state institutions, while looking ahead to Lebanon, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, and the competing political pressures shaping President Trump’s approach.

*Music Featured in Podcast: Baghdad Nights by Sahara

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