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The Deep Map

Oct 31, 2022

Do the four peace deals signed between Israel and Arab countries in late 2020 carry any religious significance? So far, all of Robert's guests this month have said: not much. But this week, Jason Guberman, executive director of the American Sephardi Federation, goes against the grain, arguing that the Abraham Accords...


Oct 24, 2022

America's role in the Abraham Accords has a lot to do with its longtime fascination with the Jews -- so argues Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Russell Mead, whose new book Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People provides a helpful backdrop for this conversation about Donald...


Oct 17, 2022

Sudan is the largest, yet least talked about, Arab state to join the Abraham Accords, and certainly the least expected, having been on America's state sponsor of terrorism list until the night before. Part of the reason for the silence is the coup that rocked the country in late 2021, throwing its political future...


Oct 10, 2022

In late 2020, an unexpected series of peace deals between Israel and four Arab countries shocked the world and seemed to inaugurate a happy new chapter in international politics. Robert Nicholson is a fan. But critics say the "Abraham Accords" are flawed at best, oppressive at worst, and will actually make the Near East...


Oct 7, 2022

The Deep Map is a weekly podcast that explores the hidden religious and cultural forces driving headlines in the Near East and around the world. Your host, Robert Nicholson, founder and president of The Philos Project, takes on a new topic each month, peeling back the layers of world events in dialogue with a wide range...