Middle East tensions have been on the rise the past week following the assassinations of senior Hamas and Hezbollah figures and vows of revenge by Iran and Hezbollah. Numerous countries, including the U.S., the UK, France and many others, have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible in fear of a possible escalation of violence. What is the latest situation in the Middle East? Is a violent response by Iran now a certainty?

And how should the world community react and help bring the region back from the boiling point? Guests in this edition of Dialogue are Kawa Hassan, a nonresident fellow from the MENA program of the Stimson Center; Sara Yael Hirschhorn, visiting professor at the University of Haifa; and Rob Geist Pinfold, lecturer in peace and security at Durham University.