On 7 January 2024, NESA Center Professor Gawdat Bahgat appeared on Al Jazeera News to discuss the purpose of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s fifth visit to the Middle East since Israel began its war on Gaza.

^{From the left: Adrian Finighan, Trita Parsi, Hafsa Halawa, Gawdat Bahgat.}

Professor Bahgat was joined by host/presenter Adrian Finighan and two other guests: Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; and Hafsa Halawa, an independent consultant who works on political, social, and economic affairs across the Middle East, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa.

Watch on the Al Jazeera site

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