The Foreign Desk with Lisa Daftari: Recent Episodes
The Foreign Desk, Lisa Daftari
The Foreign Desk with Lisa Daftari breaks down the foreign policy and national security issues of day. With high caliber guests including elected officials, industry experts and Lisa’s own hallmark commentary, the show delves deeper to give you the news you won’t get anywhere else.
Caroline Glick, Senior Contributor, joins Lisa Daftari to discuss America's relationship with Israel.
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Lisa Daftari discusses the latest news on the Iran Nuclear Deal with Gabriel Noronha, Executive Director of Polaris National Security & JINSA fellow.
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Dr. Walid Phares joins Lisa Daftari on The Foreign Desk to discuss the ongoing situation in Iran and his new book 'Iran: Imperialist Republic and U.S. Policy'.
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A special power panel on the ongoing protests in Iran. Lisa Daftari is joined by Len Khodorkovsky, Victoria Coates, and Bijan Kian to discuss what the U.S. can do to help Iran's protesters.
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Israel's Former Ambassador to the United Nations and Author of "In the Lion's Den: Israel and the World", Danny Danon joins The Foreign Desk with Lisa Daftari to discuss his newest book along with current events.
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Monica Crowley joins The Foreign Desk Podcast with Lisa Daftari to discuss her recent op-ed in the New York Post “Jews should abandon the party that’s abandoned them”.
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Former State Department Advisor on Iran, Gabriel Noronha joins The Foreign Desk with Lisa Daftari to discuss the danger of getting into a bad deal with Iran.
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Nile Gardiner joins The Foreign Desk with Lisa Daftari to discuss Biden's Europe trip and the latest in the Ukraine/Russia war.
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Clarice Schillinger joins The Foreign Desk Editor-In-Chief and Founder Lisa Daftari to discuss how Schillinger is helping elect school board candidates who put children and their education first.
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Former State Department Advisor Victoria Coates talks about being personally sanctioned by the Biden Administration.
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This week Editor-in-Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari is joined by California Assemblyman Kevin Kiley. Kiley joins Lisa to discuss how states are handling the pandemic and school closures. Are they really following the science?
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Sharon McKeeman, the women behind, "Let Them Choose" & "Let Them Breathe", joins The Foreign Desk Editor-in-Chief Lisa Daftari. McKeeman discusses the winning the lawsuits against the San Diego Unified School District.
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Noa Tishby joins The Foreign Desk to discuss antisemitism.
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This week Editor-In-Chief of The Foreign Desk Podcast, Lisa Daftari chats with Elisha Krauss. Krauss is Washington Examiner Host, wife & homeschool mom, who joins Lisa to discuss vaccine mandates for kids. They also discuss what is being taught to kids in school in CRT.
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Dr. Bahar Jalali is an Afghan professor and women's rights advocate. She joins Editor and Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari to discuss her #DONTTOUCHMYCLOTHES campaign.
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20 years later...retired FBI agent Bobby Chacon weighs in on the terrorist attacks of September 11th as well the recent U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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An informative discussion on Afghanistan. Join Lisa Daftari along with Rep. Michael Waltz, Walid Phares, and Ali Maisam Nazary for a special edition of the Foreign Policy Power Panel right here on The Foreign Desk.
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This week Lisa Daftari, Editor-in Chief of The Foreign Desk is joined by Hollie McKay. McKay is a war crimes Investigator, author, journalist and humanitarian who recently left Afghanistan amidst the chaos.
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This week Editor-In-Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari is joined by Walid Phares. Phares is an author and Middle East expert who joins Lisa to discuss the latest in Afghanistan.
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This week Editor-In-Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari is joined by Humberto Fontova. Fontova was born in Cuba and left at five years old. Lisa and Humberto discuss why we should care what is happening in Cuba and what advice he has for the Biden Administration regarding Cuba.
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This week Editor-In-Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari is joined by Bijan Kian & Len Khodorkovsky to discuss ways the Biden Administration can improve Iran human rights, in light pf recent protests in Iran. Both Kian and Khodorkovsky are former White House Advisors to President Trump.
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This week Editor-In-Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari is joined by Dr. Sheila Nazarian, Moti Ankari & Shiran. They are all courageous social media influencers who lost followers and business for defending Israel and Jews.
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This week Editor-In-Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari discusses Iran's new president refusing to meet with Biden with Len Khodorkovsky Fmr State Dept Deputy Asst Sec for Global Public Affairs.
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A conversation with Tatiana Ibrahim on Fighting Indoctrination and Critical Race Theory in our Schools.
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A conversation with Tatiana Ibrahim on Fighting Indoctrination and Critical Race Theory in our Schools.
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A conversation between David Siegel, President of the European Leadership Network (ELNET) and foreign policy expert and Editor-in-Chief Lisa Daftari.
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A group of 200 high-profile Iranians have signed a letter in support of Israel issued by the Institute for Voices of Liberty, a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to echoing the sentiments of Iranians. We are joined by two of iVOLs leaders Bijan Kian, who served under three consecutive administrations and Adam Lovinger, strategist working in the Pentagon’s office and supporting strategy to the Secretary of Defense.
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This week The Foreign Desk's Editor-In-Chief Lisa Daftari is joined by Benjamin Weinthal European Affairs Correspondent at The Jerusalem Post and Adam Kredo. Kredo is a Senior Writer, Foreign Policy & National Security for Washington Free Beacon. They discuss the challenges that American reporters face when covering the Iranian regime.
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This week The Foreign Desk's Editor-In-Chief Lisa Daftari is joined by Xiyue Wang to discuss the next steps in trade, expansion, and diplomacy for The U.S., China and Iran. Wang, a graduate student, was held hostage by the Iranian regime for three years.
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Lisa Daftari, Editor-In Chief of The Foreign Desk talks with Robert Greenway, a member of the team that negotiated the Abraham Accords on what the future of the Middle East will look like. Greenway is a Hudson Institute fellow who served on the National Security Council and Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Middle Eastern and North African Affairs.
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Join us for a discussion on rising tensions with Iran’s regime as the US tries to secure a deal and the Iran/China deal and its implications with Bijan Kian, Michael Rubin and Xiyue Wang.
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This week Editor-In-Chief of The Foreign Desk Lisa Daftari chats with Gabriel Noronha, Former Iran Advisor for the Secretary of State Under President Trump. The two discuss the United States meeting with Iran despite some of the troubling news out of Iran.
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The Foreign Desk Founder Lisa Daftari and Mark Dubowitz from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies discuss the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna. They also discuss sanctions and the best way to deal with Iran's regime.
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The Foreign Desk Founder Lisa Daftari and author, producer & China expert Chris Fenton discuss how best to navigate the China threat on American businesses, intellectual property, cyber security & the ramifications of the newly announced 25-year Iran / China deal.
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The Foreign Desk Founder Lisa Daftari interviews Wang Xiyue, former Iranian hostage.
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Cameron Khansarinia, Policy Director at NUFDI, breaks down the viral campaign uniting Iranians against their government with Lisa Daftari.
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Lisa Daftari and Israel's former United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon discuss the Biden Administration's policy in the Middle East.
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Lisa Daftari and Iran experts Ilan Berman & Alireza Nader discuss the best way forward in dealing with Iran in the Biden Administration.
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The Foreign Desk's Lisa Daftari and Victoria Coates, Former Deputy National Security Adviser for President Trump take a closer look President Joe Biden's foreign policy.
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Lisa Daftari and Former Deputy Assistant to President Trump Dr. Sebastian Gorka discuss the second impeachment trial of former President Trump and a Biden Administration's view of foreign affairs.
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Lisa Daftari and Retired U.S Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel & President of the London Center for Policy Research Tony Shaffer discuss the military threats we face.
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The Foreign Desk's Lisa Daftari and Editor for Townhall.com and Fox News Contributor Katie Pavlich, discuss the first 10 days of the Biden Administration.
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Lisa Daftari and Michael Johns National Tea Party movement co-founder and leader discuss President Joe Biden's policy agenda.
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A Conversation with Students for Trump Founder Ryan Fournier.
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Lisa Daftari chats with Elijah Schaffer National Reporter at The Blaze about his reporting from the Capitol during last week's protests.
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The Foreign Desk's Lisa Daftari and Senior Editor at Large Breitbart Joel Pollak discuss his new book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.
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Lisa Daftari and The Heritage Foundation's Dr. Nile Gardiner discuss the big stories of 2020, and preview the big stories in 2021.
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Angela Marsden, Los Angeles bar owner, talks about her frustration on shutdowns and her viral video with over 10 million views calling out lawmakers’ hypocrisy.
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Lisa Daftari, Bijan Kian & Dr. Walid Phares discussing what the death of Fakrizadeh means to Iran.
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The State of the Economy with Asst. Sec. of the Treasury for Public Affairs Monica Crowley.
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A conversation with filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza on his new documentary The Trump Card, the threat of socialism on our country and evidence of voter fraud.
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Lisa Daftari, Bijan Kian & Dr. Walid Phares discussing national security & foreign policy changes under a Biden administration.
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Former Federal Election Commission member and member of President Trump’s election fraud commission expert Hans Von Spakovsky breaks down Election 2020 and what’s next.
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Listen to the State Department’s Elan Carr, Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism, break down the reasons for the surge in U.S. anti-Semitism and the best ways to eradicate it from our nation and all over the world.
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A conversation with Former White House advisor Bijan Kian on election meddling and 42 years of Iran policy.
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Lisa chats with James Carafano, foreign policy and national security expert from The Heritage Foundation on grading the Trump foreign policy, naming current global threats and outlining future US foreign policy recommendations.
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Lisa chats with Joseph Humire, an expert on transregional threats in Latin America, about the growing concern of having Iran and its terror proxy Hezbollah growing their influence in Venezuela, at the doorstep of the United States.
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Retired Navy SEAL and FBI Special Agent Jonathan Gilliam joins Lisa to break down the Presidential debate, BLM protests and ‘defund the police.’
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A conversation with Middle East expert and political commentator Walid Phares comparing the foreign policies of the Obama/Biden vs. Trump presidencies. What would a Biden/Harris foreign policy look like? Which candidate is better on national security? Dr. Phares breaks it all down and talks about his new book, The Choice.
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Listen to Lisa in conversation with Avi Berkowitz, assistant to the President and White House Mideast peace envoy about brokering the historic Abraham Accords; normalizing relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors Bahrain and the UAE.
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