On the brave new world we have entered.
Historian Arash Azizi is back on the pod, talking to Alex H and Lee Jones about the ongoing war. We try to draw out some firm consequences, beyond the immediate situtation.
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Why did Trump go to war?
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Is this Netanyahu's war? And will he continue it regardless of the US?
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Will the Islamic Republic become more conservative now?
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What has the war revealed about asymmetric warfare? About US vulnerability?
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What is the state of the Hormuz weapon now?
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Links:
Arash Azizi:
Analyses:
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, NY Times
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Netanyahu’s Iran War Is Also the War of Global Neocon Elites, Nimrod Flaschenberg, Jacobin
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Trump's War, Daniel Luban Dissent Magazine
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The world energy shock is coming, Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk, New Statesman
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One battle after another: Netanyahu’s new security doctrine, FT
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/532/ Is This a Paleocon Foreign Policy? ft. JF Drolet
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Atlas Shrugged: Decoding Trump's National Security Strategy, Lee Jones, American Affairs
