About this episode

James and Al discuss the Iran war and its implications with Richard Haass, followed by a conversation with Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti about her House race and local governance issues.

James and Al welcome Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haass to analyze the effects of the Iran war and Trump’s wider policy decisions, looking at the roles of Russia, the GCC, and China, the challenges of negotiating with Iran, and the consequences for our alliances, the global economy, and the region. Then, they are joined by Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti to discuss her current House race, making government accountable to the people, rising energy costs, declining affordability, and the power of infrastructure improvements to create jobs and grow our cities. Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon . Make sure to include your city– we love to hear where you’re from! More from James and Al: Get text updates from Politics War Room and Politicon. Watch Politics War Room & James Carville Explains on YouTube. James Carville & Al Hunt have launched the Politics War Room Substack Get updates and some great behind-the-scenes content from the documentary CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID by following James on X @jamescarville and his new TikTok @realjamescarville Get More From This Week’s Guests…

People in this episode

Hosts: James Carville, Al Hunt, James, Al

Guests: Richard Haass, Paige Cognetti

Topics covered

• Iran war
• Trump's policy decisions
• Russia
• GCC
• China
• negotiating with Iran
• alliances
• global economy
• Scranton House race
• government accountability
• energy costs
• affordability
• infrastructure improvements

Keywords

• politics
• foreign relations
• local government
• job creation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Home & Away, Politics War Room, CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, @jamescarville, @realjamescarville, WARROOM

Places: Iran, Russia, China, Scranton

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