What will Success and Failure be in the Iran War

About this episode

Hal Brands discusses the objectives and military effectiveness in the Iran War.

Our speaker is Hal Brands who is a Professor of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins and former Special Assistant to the Secretary of War for Strategic Planning. I want to find out from Hal what are our objectives in the war in Iran, how effective American and Israel’s military has been in destroying its adversaries, and what we should expect Iran to do to try to do to improve its negotiating position. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Larry Bernstein

Guest: Hal Brands

Topics covered

• Iran War
• military strategy
• negotiation tactics
• global affairs
• politics

Keywords

• Iran War
• Hal Brands
• military effectiveness
• negotiation
• global affairs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johns Hopkins, Secretary of War

Places: Iran, America, Israel

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