Michael Mazarr
Senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and author of Leap of Faith, an expert on U.S. decision-making in the Iraq War who provides detailed research-based analysis in the episode.
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Feb 6, 2026 • 1h 15min
National Security Expert Explains the Disaster and Chaos of the Iraq War
Michael Mazarr, senior political scientist at RAND and author of Leap of Faith, offers research-based analysis of U.S. decision-making in the Iraq War. He discusses post-9/11 panic, leadership certainty, bureaucratic failure, the missionary impulse behind intervention, and why claims about outside influence are mistaken. Short, rigorous, and corrective.
