TGS Live: A Dove on the Left, a Dove on the Right, and a Hawk in the Center
Mar 13, 2026
A lively debate about how the Iran conflict is reshaping domestic political alliances. Discussion of goals for a post-regime Iran and what a secular alternative might look like. Examination of threats from Iranian policies, including hostility toward Israel, terrorism, and regional weapons proliferation.
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How Regime Behavior Shapes U.S. Nuclear Concern
Glenn Loury links U.S. concern over other countries' nuclear weapons to perceived regime behavior and stability.
He contrasts tolerance for France/India/Pakistan with alarm at North Korea and Iran due to threats and ideological hostility.
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Last week’s livestream presented a panel of guests whose political orientations and positions on the Iran War demonstrate the scrambling effect this conflict is already having on domestic political alliances. On the anti-war side, we have historian, foreign policy expert, and man of the left Danny Bessner of the University of Washington and the American Prestige podcast. He’s joined by Andrew Day, senior editor of the American Conservative. I haven’t made a side-by-side comparison of their political views, but I don’t imagine they agree on much. This war is an exception.
On the other side, we have my friend Larry Kotlikoff, an economist at Boston University, a liberal, and an adamant defender of the war in Iran. His Substack post after the initial bombing runs in Iran effusively praised Donald Trump’s leadership, which might come as a surprise to those who know Larry’s work—he’s had few compliments for the president before now.
Listen now to hear this (occasionally heated) debate.
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