In this episode, INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Sima Shine—Senior Researcher and former Head of the Iran and Shiite Axis Research Program at the INSS—to decode the latest developments in the conflict with Iran.

This week, we address the following key questions:

• The Current Status: What has happened so far, and what are each side’s primary achievements over the past month?

• The Leadership Void: How has the elimination of senior officials influenced Iranian decision-making?

• A New Middle East: What are the core interests each party is seeking to secure?

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INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Georgy Poroskoun, a Researcher in the Russia Program at INSS, to discuss the war in Iran from Moscow's perspective.

This week’s episode addresses the following key issues:

* Public Statements vs. Interests: What is Russia’s official position on the war, and what are its strategic interests?

* Helping Hand: Is Russia aiding Iran’s targeting of American installations in the region?

* The Ukraine Debacle: Can Russia split its attention between active wars in Europe and the Middle East?

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INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Dr. Yoel Guzansky—Senior Researcher and Head of the Gulf Research Field at INSS—to decode the latest developments in the conflict with Iran.

This week’s episode addresses the following key issues:

• Passivity or Strategic Calculation? Why are the Gulf States refraining from retaliating against Iran?

• Business at Risk: Can the Gulf withstand a prolonged attack on its strategic interests?

• Looking Ahead: What will relations between the Gulf States, Iran, the US, and Israel look like in the post-war landscape?

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INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Danny Citrinowitz, Senior Researcher at the Iran and Shiite Axis Research Program, to decode the latest developments in the war with Iran.

This week's episode addresses the following key issues:

* A New Supreme Leader: Will Mojtaba Khamenei be accepted by the remaining Iranian leadership?

* Opportunities and Challenges: What have we achieved so far, and what capabilities does Iran still hold?

* A New Regime: What would it take to topple the current leadership, and what happens next?

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INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Ofer Shelah, Director of Israel's National Security Research Program at INSS, and Anat Shapira, a researcher in the program, to decode the latest security headlines.

This week's episode addresses the escalation and recent round of fighting between Iran, Israel, and the United States from the Israeli standpoint:

* Support for the operation: How is it that 81% of Israelis support the operation while in the US it remains a highly contentious issue?

* Social cleavages: How do different sects within Israeli society perceive the operation?

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INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Dr. Raz Zimmt, Director of the Iran and Shiite Axis Research Program at the INSS, to decode the latest security headlines. This week's episode addresses the escalation and recent round of fighting between Iran, Israel, and the United States:

1. Motives and goals: Why did the talks in Geneva fail, and what are the goals of the operation?
2. Attacks on Gulf States: What is Iran trying to achieve?
3. Possible end states: Is the regime collapsing? What should we expect going forward.

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INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence Chief, to decode the latest security headlines.

This week's episode addresses dramatic developments in the Middle East:

* US-Iran Negotiations: What is being discussed in Geneva, and what are the possible endgames?

* Israeli Strikes in Lebanon: Why is Israel attacking in Lebanon, and why is Hamas basing itself in Southern Lebanon?

* The Board of Peace: What do the statements and participants in the Board of Peace inaugural meeting mean for Israeli interests?

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This week's episode is a special edition of Brief.IL focusing on the Munich Security Conference. Tamir Hayman, who participated in the conference, briefs us on one of the most important policy and security gatherings in the world.

* Euro-American relations: How did Europe respond to Secretary of State Rubio's speech?

* The Palestinian plight: What moves were the Palestinian representatives trying to promote against Israel?

* Iranian support for Russia: Is Europe ready to pressure Iran and back an American strike?

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On the table this week:

- Israeli officials welcomed the US capture of Venezuela's Maduro. Is this truly a significant blow to Hezbollah and Iran's regional influence?

- Could Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei be the target of a similar operation, and do the current street protests pose a genuine threat to the regime's survival?

- Prime Minister Netanyahu met President Trump at Mar-a-Lago — on the agenda were not only Iran, Gaza, and Syria, but also major AI investment opportunities.

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1. Two murdered in a terror attack - is the West Bank a ticking time bomb?
2. The "Israeli Qatargate" and the leak of a confidential document to the Bild - the former IDI's chief take
3. Somaliland: a counterproductive solitary recognition?

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On the table this week:

• Iran: Is Israel poised to strike?

• Gaza: Is the Kushner-Witkoff "Project Sunrise" disconnected from reality?

• Syria: Can Israel ever trust the leader, Ahmed Al-Shara?

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