Jim Walsh

Jim Walsh, senior research associate at the Security Studies Program (SSP), discusses the sudden rebel victory in Syria, and its implications for the Middle East and outside powers.

Jim Walsh, senior research associate at the Security Studies Program (SSP), discusses Israel's recent airstrikes towards Iran and its implications for the region.

US President Joe Biden said he would not support any Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to its ballistic missile attack. Jim Walsh, a senior research associate at the MIT’s Security Studies Program who was with the Iranian president last week, says it needs to ‘be tested’ whether Biden can be persuasive 30 days shy of an election.

Jim Walsh, SSP senior researcher associate, discusses tensions in the Middle East after the death of a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and a Hamas political leader in Iran. Both countries are blaming Israel for the attack. Concerns abound globally that an all-out war could occur in the region soon. The US is among those nations concerned, he says.

Peter O'Dowd speaks with SSP senior research associate Jim Walsh about what's at stake in the greater Middle East as Pakistan and Iran take military action against each other.