Trump Is Stuck In A Foreign Policy Dead End

About this episode

Brian Becker and Richard Wolff discuss Trump's foreign policy challenges and the shifting global power landscape involving Iran, Russia, and China.

Iran is outmaneuvering the United States and Trump is furious. Professor Richard Wolff and Brian Becker discuss the current war in Iran and the future of the globe – as Russia, China, Iran, and other countries start to pry control from the United States. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com . Join the The Socialist Program community at http://www.patreon.com/thesocialistprogram to get exclusive content and help keep this show on the air.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Becker

Guest: Richard Wolff

Topics covered

• foreign policy
• Iran
• global power dynamics
• Trump
• Russia
• China

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran
• foreign policy
• Russia
• China
• global power
• Democracy at Work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democracy at Work

Places: Iran, United States, Russia, China

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