Episode 37: Challenges and Coalitions: How Will Our Leaders Build a Better Future?

About this episode

The episode discusses the connections between global conflict, particularly the war involving Iran, and domestic political issues.

On today’s episode of Not Suitable for Democracy, we zoom out — and then all the way back in — connecting the dots between global conflict and the politics shaping communities here at home. First, we examine the escalating war involving Iran, where military operations have already racked up nearly $11 billion in spending. The country has also installed a new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, following the death of his late father, raising urgent questions the new regime and Trump's grip on th...

Topics covered

• global conflict
• Iran
• politics
• military spending
• Supreme Leader

Keywords

• coalitions
• future
• Trump
• Mojtaba Khamenei

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Challenges and Coalitions: How Will Our Leaders Build a Better Future?, Not Suitable for Democracy

Places: Iran

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