Roy Casagranda on Iran, War, and Global Fallout
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March 9, 2026 · 1h 8m
About this episode
Dr. Roy Casagranda discusses the historical and geopolitical factors contributing to the escalating conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.
In this Plutopia News Network episode, Jon and Scoop talk with political scholar Dr. Roy Casagranda, joining from Dubai, about Iran’s modern history, the rise of the Islamic Republic, and the rapidly escalating conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. Roy argues that the crisis is rooted in a long history of oil politics, foreign intervention, and colonial power struggles, and he warns that the current war could spiral into a far broader regional and global catastrophe, disrupting trade, driving up oil prices, destabilizing neighboring states, and increasing the risk of mass displacement and wider war. Throughout the conversation, he also critiques the motives and competence of current U.S. and Israeli leadership, questions claims about democracy and security, and frames the conflict as part of a larger pattern of geopolitical chaos with potentially devastating economic and human consequences. Roy Casagranda: I think what they decided was we’re going to keep doing this, we’re going to go all in. And their goal is to break the global economy. Their goal is to make it so that the price of oil goes through the roof, that everybody runs out of oil, that…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jon, Scoop
Guest: Dr. Roy Casagranda
Topics covered
- Iran
- geopolitical conflict
- oil politics
- foreign intervention
- U.S. leadership
- regional stability
Keywords
- Iran
- Islamic Republic
- oil prices
- geopolitical chaos
- foreign intervention
- U.S. leadership
- regional conflict
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GCC, UAE
Places: Iran, Israel, United States, Dubai
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