West Asia Rising
About this episode
The episode discusses the current war in West Asia, focusing on Iran's rising power and the implications of Western imperialism in the region.
This episode opens with the me sharing this as my fifth episode with Wesam Cooley and turning quickly to a discussion on the current war in West Asia, a continuation of long‑running Western imperialism in the region. We describe a major turning point on February 28, arguing that Iran is “rising” as a real world power and has reframed the regional “problem” as resistance to Western imperialism and settler colonialism. I I stress a Chinese‑inspired idea of an “inevitability of peace,” even as events on the ground feel the opposite, and asks how Iran’s approach connects to Lebanon, Gaza, and a new memorandum of understanding (MOU). Wesam explains that the new MOU, pushed by the United States, has not been signed by Iran and is already being violated by Israel, which refuses to recognize that it applies to them and continues bombing Lebanon, including Beirut. He argues that Iran is in a position of military strength, confident it could “end this once and for all” if forced into an all‑out war, though at enormous human cost. We both emphasize that US‑Israeli strategy relies on deliberate attacks on civilians as a core military tactic, citing the bombing of a girls’ school and the…
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