The Iran Crisis #11: Indi Samarajiva and Helena discuss the short-term & longterm impact of the week's tumultuous events

About this episode

Helena Cobban and Indi Samarajiva discuss the implications of recent events involving Iran and Lebanon.

In a week that started with Pres. Trump's outrageous genocidal threats against Iran, then saw him apparently agree to a ceasefire while Israel unleashed a torrent of violence against Lebanon... JWE president Helena Cobban was happy to be able to assess the broader impact of these events with Sri Lankan analyst Indi Samarajiva. Indi's main writing platform is indi.ca. This was latest episode in our continuing series on the Iran Crisis. Find the multimedia records of this episode and all ...

People in this episode

Host: Helena Cobban

Guest: Indi Samarajiva

Topics covered

• Iran Crisis
• US foreign policy
• Middle East conflict
• ceasefire
• violence in Lebanon

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• ceasefire
• Lebanon
• violence
• Indi Samarajiva
• JWE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JWE

Books & works: indi.ca

Places: Iran, Lebanon

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