In this EISMENA interview, Aaron Magid (Washington, DC) discusses his book "The Most American King" on King Abdullah II of Jordan — from the King’s personal ties to the United States to Jordan’s domestic pressures, reform promises, and the country’s regional balancing act amid major Middle East crises.

In this in-depth interview, Vali Nasr (Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs & Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University SAIS) alongside Lyna Ouandjeli, analyst at EISMENA, discuss Shiism in the 21st century and how regional geopolitics have shifted from sectarian framing (Shia/Sunni) toward new alliances, deterrence logics, and “resistance” narratives.