The Threat
About the podcast
In each episode of The Threat, we analyze and discuss the most pressing, yet not always so visible, threats to global security and the movements and ideologies that fuel extremism and terrorism. We take listeners to the frontlines of these battles, both at home and abroad, and talk with the key players in law enforcement, intelligence, diplomacy, and academia who are working to counter these threats. The show is hosted by Jay Solomon and Hagar Chemali who have explored these issues for decades both as a journalist and a senior White House and Treasury Department official.
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About the hosts
Jay Solomon
Jay Solomon is the Executive Head of Investigations at the Program on Extremism and one of the U.S.'s premiere investigative journalists with 30 years of experience tracking global terrorism, nuclear proliferation, religious extremism and cyber and financial warfare. He was The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent for over a decade with postings in Indonesia, South Korea and India. He’s the author of the Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East and is a contributing writer at The Free Press.
Jay also runs the Program on Extremism's Substack The Threat. The publication builds on his podcast of the same name and serves as a platform for deeper analysis, timely insights, and practical perspectives on extremism and its impact on societies.
Hagar Chemali
Hagar Hajjar Chemali is a foreign policy and communications advisor, a news commentator, and political satirist with 12 years of senior-level U.S. government experience. She served as Spokesperson and Communications Director for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Director for Syria and Lebanon at the National Security Council, Spokesperson for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Senior Policy Advisor for the Middle East and Asia in Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes.
Currently, Hagar is the Founder and CEO of strategic communications and foreign policy consultancy firm Greenwich Media Strategies, and host and creator of Oh My World, an award-winning YouTube show explaining geopolitics. She is also the co-founder of the Lebanon-Israel Peace Alliance. Hagar is featured regularly on CNN, MSNBC, and Bloomberg, where she analyzes and explains foreign policy and national security. She is also an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center. Hagar holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia's SIPA and a B.A. in Political Science from Barnard College.
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