What’s the Endgame in Iran? | MCC Brussels Podcast

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of the Iranian conflict and European responses to it.

In this episode, we dissect the "asymmetric mayhem" of the Iranian conflict, the erratic "geopolitical" flip-flopping of Ursula von der Leyen, and the disturbing attempt to institutionalise the Cordon Sanitaire in Belgium. Host Jacob Reynolds is joined by Lennart van Hauwermeiren and Agnieszka Kolek to strip away the diplomatic niceties. What's the Endgame? The panel examines the war in Iran and asks the question many European leaders seem unable to answer: what, if anything, should Eur...

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Reynolds

Guests: Lennart van Hauwermeiren, Agnieszka Kolek

Topics covered

• Iran conflict
• geopolitics
• European leadership
• Cordon Sanitaire
• diplomatic relations

Keywords

• Iran
• geopolitics
• Ursula von der Leyen
• Cordon Sanitaire
• European leaders
• diplomacy
• conflict analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ursula von der Leyen

Places: Iran, Belgium

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