War with Iran: Reactions from Biden’s National Security Adviser; Will the Kurds Be Pulled into the Fighting?

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Fareed Zakaria discusses the ongoing war with Iran and its implications with various experts.

Today on the show, the US and Israel are now in week two of warring with Iran and Fareed speaks with Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s former National Security Adviser, about how fighting is likely to proceed, the larger regional implications, and how the war might embolden Russia and China. Then, Fareed is joined by former US ambassador Peter Galbraith to discuss Trump’s flip-flopping on bring Kurdish forces into the war with Iran. Later, Fareed talks to Mina Al-Oraibi, editor in chief of the UAE newspaper The National, about how Gulf countries are reacting amid ongoing drone and missile strikes from Iran—and how might this shift geopolitics in the region. Finally, the U.S. produces the most advanced weapons in the world. Fareed asks defense editor at The Economist Shashank Joshi if America has enough of them to sustain an extended war in the Middle East. Guests: Jake Sullivan (@jakejsullivan), Peter Galbraith, Mina Al-Oraibi (@AlOraibi), Shashank Joshi (@shashj) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Fareed Zakaria

Guests: Jake Sullivan, Peter Galbraith, Mina Al-Oraibi, Shashank Joshi

Topics covered

• US-Iran conflict
• National Security
• Middle East geopolitics
• Kurdish forces
• Regional implications
• Defense capabilities

Keywords

• Iran
• Biden
• Kurdish forces
• Middle East
• geopolitics
• defense
• regional conflict
• Russia
• China

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN

Places: Iran, UAE, Russia, China, Gulf

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