/544/ Iran War: Rogue State USA ft. Arash Azizi

About this episode

Historian Arash Azizi discusses the implications of the ongoing Iran War and its connections to US foreign policy.

On the brave new world we have entered. Historian Arash Azizi is back on the pod, talking to Alex H and Lee Jones about the ongoing war. We try to draw out some firm consequences, beyond the immediate situtation. Why did Trump go to war? Is this Netanyahu's war? And will he continue it regardless of the US? Will the Islamic Republic become more conservative now? What has the war revealed about asymmetric warfare? About US vulnerability? What is the state of the Hormuz weapon now? For more like this, join us at patreon.com/bungacast Links: Arash Azizi: Reasons to be Hopeful in Iran, Arash Azizi, The Atlantic /24/ #IranProtest ft. Arash Azizi /150/ Shadow Commander ft. Arash Azizi /444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi Analyses: How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, NY Times Netanyahu’s Iran War Is Also the War of Global Neocon Elites, Nimrod Flaschenberg, Jacobin Trump's War, Daniel Luban Dissent Magazine The world energy shock is coming, Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk, New Statesman One battle after another: Netanyahu’s new security doctrine, FT /532/ Is This a Paleocon Foreign Policy? ft…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex H, Lee Jones

Guest: Arash Azizi

Topics covered

• Iran War
• US foreign policy
• Middle East conflict
• asymmetric warfare
• Trump administration
• Netanyahu's strategy

Keywords

• Iran War
• Trump
• Netanyahu
• asymmetric warfare
• US vulnerability
• Hormuz weapon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Islamic Republic, NY Times, Jacobin, Dissent Magazine, New Statesman, FT, American Affairs

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