Dalia Dassa Kaye
Senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and author of Enduring Hostility: The Making of America's Iran Policy, offering expertise on Iran and U.S. policy toward it.
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Mar 2, 2026 • 37min
SPECIAL EPISODE | Trump Chooses War With Iran, With Dalia Dassa Kaye
Dalia Dassa Kaye, a UCLA international-relations scholar and author on U.S.-Iran policy, walks through the decision to strike Iran and whether it aims for regime change. She breaks down targeting choices, Iran’s likely asymmetric retaliation, regional reactions from Gulf states, risks around nuclear sites and leadership decapitation, and what signals to watch next.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 1h 9min
E238 - On the Brink with Iran w/ Dalia Dassa Kaye
Dalia Dassa Kaye, senior fellow at UCLA and author on U.S.-Iran relations, explores decades of hostility and the current brinkmanship. She unpacks how politics, past crises, and Israel’s role shaped policy. Conversations touch on missed diplomatic openings, limits of strikes, sanctions’ failings, and why clear objectives remain elusive.
Mar 10, 2026 • 55min
In Second Week, Iran War Expands Through Region
Nabih Bulos, Beirut-based LA Times bureau chief reporting on Lebanon and Hezbollah. Dalia Dassa Kaye, UCLA foreign policy expert on U.S.-Iran relations. Mona Yacoubian, CSIS analyst on Middle East security. They discuss Lebanon as a second front, Hezbollah’s political choices, regional strikes across the Gulf, Iran’s new succession, and how energy, law, and U.S. strategy shape widening conflict.
