The Hundred Year Pivot Ep. 12 – Kamran Bokhari

The Hundred Year Pivot Ep. 12 – Kamran Bokhari

From The Grant Williams Podcast by Grant Williams

January 26, 2026 · 1h 38m · Season 8 · Episode 12

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Kamran Bokhari on Iran's political evolution and current instability.

In this episode of The Hundred Year Pivot, Demetri and I are joined by geopolitical strategist Kamran Bokhari for a sweeping, historically grounded exploration of how Iran arrived at its present moment of instability—and where it may be heading next. Kamran traces Iran’s modern political evolution from Qajar Persia through the Pahlavi monarchy, the 1953 Mosaddegh coup, and the 1979 Islamic Revolution, explaining how the regime’s dual-military structure—split between the regular army and the IRGC—was forged in war and later transformed into a vehicle for political and economic dominance. From Iran’s revolutionary ideology and fear of encirclement to the rise and possible unraveling of its proxy network, the conversation builds toward a sober assessment of today’s protests, currency collapse, and internal decay—arguing that while the Islamic Republic may be weakening in unprecedented ways, the path forward is likely to be turbulent, uncertain, and region-shaping rather than clean or sudden. Every episode of the Grant Williams podcast, including This Week In Doom, The End Game, The Super Terrific Happy Hour, The Narrative Game, Kaos Theory, Shifts Happen and The Hundred Year Pivot…

People in this episode

Host: Grant Williams

Guest: Kamran Bokhari

Topics covered

  • geopolitics
  • Iran
  • political evolution
  • instability
  • protests
  • economic dominance

Keywords

  • Iran
  • geopolitical strategy
  • political evolution
  • Islamic Republic
  • protests
  • currency collapse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Islamic Republic, Qajar Persia, Pahlavi monarchy

Places: Iran

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