The Real Eisman Playbook Inside the Iran War with Steven Cook: What’s REALLY Happening? | The Real Eisman Playbook Ep 52
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Mar 30, 2026 
Stephen Cook, senior fellow on Middle East and African studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, provides expert analysis on Iran and regional dynamics. They unpack how the fighting is progressing and the differing strategic aims of the United States and Israel. Conversations cover China's cautious role, Russia's real-time intelligence support, and where the conflict might head in the coming months.
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Iran Will Defend Its Strait Leverage
- Iran is unlikely to willingly surrender its new leverage over the Strait of Hormuz or abandon its nuclear ambitions.
- Cook notes Iran sees the newly established ability to control passage as strategic power to retain.
Unprecedented US Israel Military Integration
- US and Israeli forces are operating in an unprecedented integrated way in the Middle East.
- Cook points to Israeli and American officers sharing planning cells and حتی pilots flying from the same Israeli bases after the Abraham Accords.
Gulf States Rally Against Iranian Aggression
- Gulf Arab states dislike the war but have unified against Iranian aggression and want the conflict finished decisively.
- Cook says the war healed UAE–Saudi rifts and Gulf leaders now demand protection to preserve economic transformation plans.
