America's Forever Wars in the Middle East

About this episode

The episode discusses America's military interventions in the Middle East and their implications for global power dynamics.

From Egypt to Iraq to Palestine and beyond, the U.S. war machine is the vehicle through which America de-develops, subjugates, and extracts from the global south. In this episode, Yara and Rhiannon are joined by Miriam and Taher from the PYM to discuss "America's Forever Wars in the Middle East," the four-part course they recently taught about how the United States established and maintains its position at the top of the global geopolitical hierarchy, through the lens of its war-making and pr...

People in this episode

Hosts: Yara, Rhiannon

Guests: Miriam, Taher

Topics covered

• U.S. foreign policy
• Middle East conflicts
• geopolitical hierarchy
• war-making
• de-development
• subjugation
• extraction

Keywords

• America's Forever Wars
• Middle East
• U.S. war machine
• geopolitical hierarchy
• de-development
• subjugation
• extraction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PYM

Places: Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, United States, global south

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