How Everyone Got Iran Wrong
From What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead by Tablet Magazine
March 28, 2026 · 32 min
About this episode
Walter and Jeremy discuss various geopolitical issues surrounding Iran and US foreign policy.
This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the other strait Iran is threatening to close, the Trump administration's interest in Ukrainian territorial concessions, rumors of increasing US troop deployments to the Middle East, and how the doves and the hawks both got Iran wrong.
People in this episode
Host: Walter Russell Mead
Guest: Jeremy
Topics covered
- Iran
- US foreign policy
- Middle East tensions
- Trump administration
- military deployments
- political analysis
Keywords
- Iran
- Trump administration
- US troops
- Middle East
- Ukrainian territorial concessions
- doves and hawks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Trump administration
Places: Iran, Middle East, Ukraine
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