About this episode

The episode discusses the recent military actions between the US and Iran and Israel's perspective on the situation.

America launched multiple strikes on Iran this morning, another in a wave of attacks over the past several days. Iran responded, launching multiple drone and missile strikes on U.S. military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. Just across the border, Israel is watching all of this and increasingly at odds with the White House over Iran. Ophir Falk, a key foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu, joins Christiane from Jerusalem.   Also on today's show: Leslie Vinjamuri, President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Lucy Schiller, Author, "Aging Out"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Christiane Amanpour

Guests: Ophir Falk, Leslie Vinjamuri, Lucy Schiller

Topics covered

• US-Iran relations
• Middle East conflict
• Israel's foreign policy
• military strikes
• geopolitical tensions

Keywords

• Israel
• Iran
• US military strikes
• Ophir Falk
• geopolitical tensions
• Middle East
• foreign policy
• Leslie Vinjamuri
• Lucy Schiller

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Books & works: Aging Out

Places: Israel, Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan

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