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Middle East Studies Is Rotten—Here’s How to Fix It | Robert Satloff on the Tikvah Podcast

After October 7, the world saw what many had long warned: American universities do not teach the history, politics, and cultures of the Middle East with intellectual honesty. Ideological activism has replaced serious education—and nowhere is this more evident than in the case of Israel. Robert Satloff, the Executive Director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, has been sounding the alarm about this issue for decades. In this conversation, Satloff joins Jonathan Silver to discuss how Middle East studies became rotten, and the launch of a new graduate program created by the Washington Institute and Pepperdine University. The program promises academic rigor, viewpoint diversity, and real-world policy training—all without foreign funding or anti-Israel bias. Satloff explains why existing institutions have failed—and what it will take to rebuild them. 00:00 Introduction 03:10 The Crisis in Middle East Studies 07:26 The Role of Foreign Funding 12:40 The Importance of Viewpoint Diversity 17:05 Edward Said and the Influence of Orientalism 25:40 What a New Program Can Offer 31:20 Avoiding the Pitfalls of Israel Studies -- 👉 Subscribe to Tikvah's YouTube channel: https://buff.ly/CvNZC4i ➡️ Get the latest Tikvah content in your email inbox: https://tinyurl.com/4w8tjmvv 📖 Learn more about Tikvah: https://tikvah.org