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Scott interviews Arta Moeini about the risks associated with Trump's decision to escalate tensions with Iran.

Scott interviews Arta Moeini of The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy about several articles he’s written recently digging into the true risk of Trump’s decision to kill Iran’s supreme leader and launch this regional war in the Middle East. Discussed on the show: “The dangerous martyrdom of Khamenei” (Unherd) Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins by Andrew Cockburn “Welcome to Fortress Iran” (Unherd) “Trump can forge a new Middle East” (Unherd) “The virtue of America First” (Unherd) “The Coming Multi-World: A New Civilizational Theory of International Relations” (The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy) Dr. Arta Moeini is a realist scholar of geopolitics and Managing Director at The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy in Washington DC. Follow him on X @ArtaMoeini Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/43D82oY…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Horton

Guest: Arta Moeini

Topics covered

• Iran
• Trump
• geopolitics
• Middle East
• war
• diplomacy

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• war
• geopolitics
• Khamenei
• Middle East
• diplomacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy

Books & works: The dangerous martyrdom of Khamenei, Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins, Welcome to Fortress Iran, Trump can forge a new Middle East, The virtue of America First, The Coming Multi-World: A New Civilizational Theory of International Relations

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