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About this episode

Andrew Fox and Shana Meyerson discuss the implications of President Trump's changing deadlines regarding Iran and potential outcomes of the conflict.

President Donald Trump has changed the Iranian negotiation deadline again. Now, the IRGC has until 8pm Eastern Time tomorrow to seal a deal or seal their fate. Trump is threatening to knock them back into the Stone Age. Can he do that without breaking international rules of war? Will he even try? President Trump has set many deadlines with Iran and some…well…perhaps they shouldn’t FAFO. In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss five potential ways this war finally ends and the merits and challenges of each. Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and cohost of The Brink Podcast. He served for 16 years in the British Army, leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed 3 tours in Afghanistan including one attached to US Army Special Forces, as well as further tours of Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments. In the last year he has visited Gaza twice as well as Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. Andrew is a regular Middle…

People in this episode

Host: Shana Meyerson

Guest: Andrew Fox

Topics covered

• Iran negotiations
• US foreign policy
• military strategy
• Middle East conflict
• Trump administration

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• military expert
• negotiation deadline
• Middle East

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IRGC, Henry Jackson Society, GB News, TalkTV, LBC

Books & works: The Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, New York Post, The Tablet

Places: Iran, Gaza, Lebanon

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