‘Ask Me Anything’—the Iran War Edition

About this episode

This episode features an ask-me-anything format discussing various aspects of the Iran War.

It’s time for another ask-me-anything edition of FP Live. This one takes on the war in Iran from many angles: the economic impact, regional balance of power, the longer-term global impact, and much else. Producer Dana Sherne puts audience questions to FP’s editor in chief Ravi Agrawal. Ravi Agrawal: The World Is Paying the Price for America’s War Ravi Agrawal: Trump Is Losing the War in Iran Stephen M. Walt: The End of America’s Soft Power Amir Handjani: The Real Meaning of the UAE’s OPEC Exit Aaron David Miller and Daniel C. Kurtzer: Why Trump Might Come to Regret the Iran War Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dana Sherne

Guest: Ravi Agrawal

Topics covered

• Iran War
• economic impact
• regional balance of power
• global impact
• UAE OPEC exit
• Trump's foreign policy
• soft power

Keywords

• Iran
• war
• economy
• regional power
• Trump
• OPEC
• soft power
• global impact
• foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foreign Policy

Places: Iran

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