About this episode

The episode discusses Iran's recent actions in the Strait of Hormuz and explores the ideology of Third Worldism with guest Zineb Riboua.

This week, Iran's rulers fired on commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz -- an egregious violation of the Memorandum of Understanding which now appears to be a dead MOU. That doesn't surprise Zineb Riboua who has always been skeptical of attempts to forge "peace deals" with the Islamist revolutionaries in Tehran. Ms. Riboua, research fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East and founder of the China in MENA Project, sitsdown with host Cliff May to discuss Iran, Morocco (where she was born), France (where she was went to school), Russia, China, Latin America and the rising ideology -- including in the U.S. -- of Third Worldism.

People in this episode

Host: Cliff May

Guest: Zineb Riboua

Topics covered

• Iran
• Third Worldism
• Geopolitics
• Middle East
• International Relations

Keywords

• Iran
• Strait of Hormuz
• Zineb Riboua
• Third Worldism
• Geopolitics
• Middle East
• China
• Russia
• Morocco

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hudson Institute

Places: Iran, Morocco, France, Russia, China, Latin America

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