Dr. James Zogby

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Posted on Tuesday January 5, 2010

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March 4, 2010
Video: Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA), 6th term member of Congress, member of House committee on Science and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure; Dereck Hogan, Senior Advisor for Governance and Civilian-Military Coordination to U.S. special Ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke; Karim Sadjadpour, Associate in the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

February 25, 2010
Video: David Cole, Professor of Law at Georgetown University.

February 18, 2010
Video: Edmund Hull, former Ambassador to Yemen; Christopher Anders, Senior Legislative Counsel at the ACLU; Ellen Laipson, President and CEO, Stimson Center

February 11, 2010
Video: Mowahid Shah, Political analyst and Columnist.

February 4, 2010
Video: Dr. Stephen Walt (phd), Professor of International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Sameh Shoukry, Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S.; Robert Borosage, Political strategists and President of the Institute for America’s Future.

January 28, 2010
Video: Ken Walsh,Chief White House correspondent for U.S. News and World Report ;Danny Seideman, Consulting Legal Advisor and founder of Ir Amim; Dean Obeidallah, Arab American Comedian.

January 21, 2010
Video: Allan Lichtman, Professor of History at American University;Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Physician and peace activist; Bill Corcoran, President of American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA).

January 14, 2010
Video: Ken Walsh, Chief White House Correspondent for U.S. News & World Report; Ashfin Molavi, Author, and Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation; Mike German, Former FBI agent and current Policy Counsel on National Security, Immigration and Privacy for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

January 7, 2010
Video: Ken Walsh, Chief White House Correspondent for U.S. News & World Report; Ashfin Molavi, Author, and Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation; Mike German, Former FBI agent and current Policy Counsel on National Security, Immigration and Privacy for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

December 31, 2009
Video: Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN); Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent for Newsweek

December 17, 2009
Video: Peter Fenn, President of Fenn Communications Group; Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC); Amjad Atallah and Daniel Levy, Co-Directors of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation.

December 10, 2009
Video: Barbara Bodine, former Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen; Flynt Leverett, senior fellow at the New America Foundation; James Barnes, political correspondent for National Journal.

December 3, 2009
Video: Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, David Cole, professor of Law at Georgetown University; Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA), member of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Science and Technology committee and Chairman of the Energy and Environment committee.

November 26, 2009
Video: Seymour Hersh, contributor to The New Yorker; Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent for Newsweek; Ken Menkhaus, professor of political science at Davidson College.

November 19, 2009
Video: Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI), member of the House Appropriations Committee; Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Ghaith al-Omari, Advocacy Director for the American Task Force on Palestine; Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent for Newsweek.

November 12, 2009
Video: Joe Cirincione, former Senior Associate and Director for Non-Proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and current President of Ploughshares Fund; Amjad Atallah, Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation; Jamal Baadani, founder of Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in Military (APAAM).

November 5, 2009
Video: Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh, official spokesman for the Iraqi Government; Suhail Khan, former Bush Administration official; Mowahid Hussain Shah, political analyst and columnist.

October 29, 2009
Video: Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, former Palestinian presidential candidate; Kenneth T. Walsh, Chief White House Correspondent for U.S. News & World Report; Prince Turki al-Faisal,, chairman of the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies.

October 22, 2009
Video: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director of J Street; Hagit Ofran, Director, Settlement Watch Project'; John Zogby, President and CEO of Zogby International.

October 15, 2009
Video: Bill Press, Host of The Bill Press Show; Said Jawad, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S.; Rep. Lynn Woolsey, U.S. Congress (CA).

October 8, 2009
Video: P.J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; Juan Cole, President of Global Americana Institute, author of Engaging the Muslim World and leader of the popular blog, Informed Comment; Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union.

October 1, 2009
Video: Daniel Levy, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation and a senior fellow at The Century Foundation; Hillary Mann Leverett, the president of STRATEGA, a political risk consultancy, and former national security council staff member; and Cherien Dabis, writer and director of the award-winning film "Amreeka."

August 13, 2009
Video: Dr. Zogby hosts a group of Middle Eastern and North African students visiting the United States to learn about American politics, culture, and economics. The student program, the Middle East Partnership Initiative, is a yearly program sponsored by the State Department that teaches students about women’s studies, the Civil Rights Movement, and Civic Engagement, among other things

August 6, 2009
Video: Jim Moran, Congressman of Virginia's 8^th District; Robert Wood, Deputy Spokesman for the U.S. Department of State; Qubad Talabani, official representative of the Kurdish Regional Government.

July 30, 2009
Video: Robert Borosage, president of the Institute for America's Future, Professor at American University's School of Law, and contributing editor at The Nation; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and former advisor to multiple Secretaries of State; Arnaud de Borchgrave, member of the Atlantic Council, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and editor at large of The Washington Times and of United Press International.

July 23, 2009
Video: Rebiya Kadeer, international human rights advocate and “Mother of the Uyghur”; Alim Seytoff, General Secretary of the Uyghur American Association; Ed Gabriel, former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, President and CEO of Gabriel Company, LLC; Maen Areikat, the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s representative to the United States.

July 16, 2009
Video: David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post; Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent for Newsweek Magazine; and Amin Matalqa, writer, director, and producer of Captain Abu Raed.

July 9, 2009
Video: Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies with the Council on Foreign Relations and former director of European Affairs at the National Security Council; Bill Press, host of “The Bill Press Show” and former co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire” and MSNBC’s “Buchanan and Press; Kevin Casas-Zamora, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute and former Vice President and Minister of Planning for Costa Rica (2006-2007)

July 2, 2009
Video: Philip Wilcox, former Ambassador and current President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace; Afshin Molavi, Fellow of the New America Foundation, and author of Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran; and Ingrid Mattson, President of the Islamic Society of North America.

June 25, 2009
Video: Rudi Bakhtiar, Director of Public Relations for the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), and former anchorwoman for CNN and Fox; Samir Sumayda’ie, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S.; Juliette Kayyem, Assistant Secretary of Intergovernmental Programs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

June 18, 2009
Video: Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, and author of War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars; delegate from Egypt representing the Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders, Bahey El Din Hassan, Director of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies; and Imran Khan, leader of Pakistan’s Movement for Justice party.

June 11, 2009
Video:Rob Malley of the International Crisis Group, Egyptian Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, Graeme Bannerman of the Middle East Institute, and Afshin Molavi, of the New America Foundation. Maya Berry will be filling in for Dr. Zogby this week.

June 4, 2009
Video: Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan; Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA-03); Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director of J Street.

May 28, 2009
Video: Flynt Leverett, New America Foundation; Marina Ottaway, Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace; David Mark, Senior Editor, Politico.

May 21, 2009
Video: Dr. Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland; Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of the Stimson Center; Barbara Slavin, Asst. Managing Editor at the Washington Times and author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation.

May 14, 2009
Video: Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister and current Middle East Quartet Envoy; Abdul Malik Al-Jaber, Chairman, PalTel Group Foundation; Michael Isikoff, Newsweek Magazine; Abraham Lowenthal, Pacific Council on International Policy.

May 7, 2009
Video: Chas Freeman, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense; M.J. Rosenberg, Director of Policy Analysis, Israel Policy Forum; Allan Lichtman, Professor of History, American University.

April 30, 2009
Video: Major General William Nash, President of Middle East Policy Council; Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

April 23, 2009
Video: Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General, UNRWA; Khaled Furani, Professor, Tel Aviv University and Board Member, Mossawa Center; Mary Totry, Board Member, Mossawa Center; Maz Jobrani, Actor & Comedian; Aram Hamparian, Armenian National Committee of America.

April 16, 2009
Video: Alastair Crooke, Founder & Director, Conflicts Forum and Author, Resistance; Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent, Newsweek Magazine, Peter Fenn, Founder, Center for Responsive Politics.

April 9, 2009
Video: Denis Staunton, Washington Correspondent, The Irish Times; Trita Parsi, Co-Founder and President National Iranian American Council; Goli Ameri, Founder & President, eTinium and Former Assistant Secretary of State.

April 2, 2009
Video: Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies (Georgetown University); Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund; Jehan Sadat, Senior Fellow, University of Maryland and Author, My Hope for Peace.

March 26, 2009
Video: John Miller, FBI Assistant Director; Daniel Levy, Co-Director, Middle East Task Force; Arnaud de Borchgrave, Editor-at-Large, United Press International.

March 19, 2009
Video: David Hale, Dep. Assistant Sec. of State, Near East Affairs and Former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan; Kenneth Walsh, Chief White House Correspondent.

March 12, 2009
Video: Mohammed Saeed Harib, Creator/Producer/Director, Freej; Alicia Adams, V.P., International Programming and Dance; Ahdaf Soueif, Author, The Map of Love.

March 5, 2009
Video: Samir Shakir Al-Sumaydi, Iraqi Ambassador to the United States; Hussain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States; Hillary Mann, former National Security Council director for Iran and the Persian Gulf Affairs.

February 26, 2009
Congressmen Brian Baird and Keith Ellison Discuss Their Trip to Gaza.

February 19, 2009
Video: John Zogby, CEO, Zogby International; Mowahid Hussain Shah, Former Pakistan Cabinet Minister; Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent.

February 11, 2009
Video: Sen. George McGovern, Author Abraham Lincoln; Ori Nir, Spokesman, Americans for Peace Now & Former Washington Correspondent Ha'aretz Daily; Steven Clemons, Publisher, The Washington Note & Senior Fellow, New America Foundation.

February 5, 2009
Video: John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the U.S. & Former Prime Minister of Ireland; Danny Seidemann, Founder and Legal Counsel, Ir Amin; Laith Kubba, Former Iraqi Governmant Spokesperson.

January 29, 2009
Video: Paul Pillar, Georgetown University & Former CIA National Intelligence Officer, Middle East; Paul Salem, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent.

January 22, 2009
Video: Allan Lichtman, American University; David Sanger, The New York Times; William Quandt, University of Virginia.

January 15, 2009
Video: E.J. Dionne, Jr. The Washington Post; Taghreed El Khodary (by phone), The New York Times Correspondent; Jeremy Ben Ami, J Street; M.J. Rosenberg, Israel Policy Forum.

January 8, 2009
Video: Amb. Edward Djerejian, Baker Institute for Public Policy.

January 1, 2009
Video: Susan Rice, The Brookings Institution.

December 25, 2008
Video: Helene Cooper, The New York Times; Ron Walters, University of Maryland.

December 18, 2008
Video: Rep. Brian Baird, U.S. Congress (D-WA), Michael Isikoff, Newsweek; Nathan Guttman, The Forward.

November 13, 2008
Video: Congressman Darrell Issa (R - CA); Isabel Macdonald, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting; Laith Kubba, The National Endowment of Democracy.

October 30, 2008
Video: Mr. Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP; John Zogby, Zogby International; HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia.

October 9, 2008
Video: William Beaman, Politics Magazine; Peter J. Tanous, Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC; Ingrid Mattson, PhD, Islamic Society of North America.

August 28, 2008
Video: Dr. Zogby speaks with Michigan Arab Americans at the Arab American Museum.

August 21, 2008
Transcript: MEPI students at the University of Delaware

August 14, 2008
Video & Transcript: Susan Rice, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Barack Obama; Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.

August 8, 2008
Video: Samir Sumaida'ie, Ambassador of Iraq to the U.S.; Susan Turnbull, Vice Chair of the DNC; Rich Galen, Columnist and GOP Strategist; Terence Samuel, Deputy Editor, The Root, Washingtonpost.com

July 31, 2008
Video: James Glassman, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy; Bob Barr, Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Wendy Chamberlin; Former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan.

July 24, 2008
Video: Mustafa Bargouti, Member of the Palestine Parliament; John Zogby, Pollster, Zogby International

Interview with John Zogby
Video: John Zogby discusses his new book, The Way We'll Be (Three Parts).

July 17, 2008
Video: Caroline Fredrickson, ACLU Washington Legislative Office; Rami Khouri, Editor-at-Large, The Daily Star (Beirut); Rich Galen, GOP Strategist

July 10, 2008
Video: Marc Otte, EU Special Representative for Middle East Peace Process; Pierre Vimont, Ambassador of France to the U.S.; Caroline Fredrickson; ACLU Washington Legislative Office

July 3, 2008
Video: Charles Kupchan, Council on Foreign Relations; Nabil Fahmy, Ambassador of Egypt to the U.S.; Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center; Dalia Mogahed, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies

June 26, 2008
Video: Representative Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congress (D-OH); Debbie Almontaser, former principal Khalil Gibran International Academy

June 12, 2008
Video: Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the London Independent; Representative Brian Baird, U.S. Congress (D-WA 3rd); Kenneth Katzman, Library of Congress.

June 5, 2008
Video: Daniel Levy, New American Foundation; Colin Murphy, Contributor, The Sunday Tribune, and Deputy Editor, Magill Magazine; Anthony Smallwood, EU Commission Delegation; Peter Fenn, Political Strategist.

May 29, 2008
Video and Transcript: Ed Djerejian, former U.S. Ambassador to Syria and Israel and founding Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University; Ruy Teixeira, political scientist and Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and Center for American Progress; Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian human rights lawyer and author of Palestinian Walks.

May 22, 2008
Video and Transcript: Amal Mudallali, Foreign Policy Advisor to Lebanon MP Sa'ad Hariri; Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director, J Street; Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners; Karim
May 15, 2008
Video and Transcript: Marina Ottaway, Middle East Program Director at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Charles Kupchan, former Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council; and Bill Beaman, Editor-in-Chief of Politics magazine.

July 26, 2007
Video and Transcript: Robert Malley of the International Crisis
Group, and Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Mark Parris.

July 19, 2007
Video and Transcript: Daniel Sutherland, Amb. David Satterfield, Bruce Hoffman.

July 12, 2007
Video and Transcript: Ralph Nader, Author of The Seventeen Traditions.

July 5, 2007
Video and Transcript: Iraq scholar Phebe Marr, former CIA counterterrorism expert Larry Johnson, and Anatol Lieven of the New America Foundation.

June 28, 2007
Video and Transcript: Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy The Brookings Institution, Ray McGovern, Former CIA analyst and Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.

June 21, 2007
Video and Transcript: Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Rob Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group and Lavinia Limón President, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.

June 14, 2007
Video and Transcript: Amal Mudallali, Foreign Policy Advisor and Mowahid Hussain, Punjab Cabinet Minister.

June 07, 2007
Video and Transcript: Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow at the New American Foundation and Danny Seidemann, Lawer from Israel who specializes in land issues and defense of victims of human rights.

May 31, 2007
Video and Transcript: Dr. Philip Gordon, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, Mark Perry, Director of the Conflicts Forum and Jonathan Broder of “Congressional Quarterly. Guest host, Maya Berry.

May 25, 2007
Transcript: Editor Rami Khouri, Ambassador Charles Freeman and Partner & Head of Immigration Group at the law firm of Duane Morris Denyse Sabagh.

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April 27, 2007

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April 13, 2007

April 09, 2007

December 1, 2006
Ambassador David Satterfield, Senior Advisor on Iraq to the Secretary of State.

November 17, 2006
Keith Ellison, newly elected US Representative from Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.