Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast

Douglas Macgregor, retired U.S. Army Colonel and senior defense advisor, offers blunt military and geopolitical analysis. He argues the Iran war reshaped NATO, Gulf alignment, Israel and U.S. power. He discusses risks of ground intervention, Strait of Hormuz disruptions, and shifting European-Russian dynamics. The conversation probes strategic choices facing Washington and regional actors.

Michael Hudson, classical economist and author critical of financialization and debt, warns the Iran war has permanently reshaped the global economy. He discusses oil control and sanctions strangling trade. He highlights fertilizer and energy shocks, looming defaults, and a shift of economic power toward Asia. He calls for new international institutions as Western dominance unravels.

Theodore Postol, MIT professor and former Pentagon advisor specializing in missiles and missile-defense, explains how Iranian missiles and drones were vastly underestimated. He discusses Iran’s underground launch resilience and why bunker-busters fail. He outlines how commercial tech like Starlink and Beidou boosts drone precision and how cheap drones overwhelm expensive interceptors. He also examines radar targeting and interceptor depletion.

Warwick Powell, adjunct professor and author focused on thermoeconomics and energy sovereignty, joins to explore energy as the foundation of economies. He discusses societies as energy systems, the shift from material to financial economics, declining energy returns, and how electrification, renewables, and strategic resource moves could reshape future conflicts.

An expert explains how Iran's uranium stockpile and enrichment could already enable near-weapons capability. They discuss simple pathways to assemble gun-type nuclear devices and timelines for producing multiple weapons. Detailed analysis covers targeting strategies to maximize urban fire damage, how firestorms and radioactive fallout spread, and the grim humanitarian consequences of a nuclear exchange.

Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a Tehran University professor and former nuclear negotiations adviser, breaks down why Yemen's entry reshapes the Iran-related escalation. He discusses Yemen's ability to threaten Red Sea shipping and oil infrastructure. He highlights regional underestimation, asymmetric weapons, covert coordination, and what credible diplomacy would require.

David N. Gibbs, a history professor at the University of Arizona who studies the 1970s oil crisis, explores historical parallels to a looming energy shock. He traces the 1973 break, U.S. roles in oil pricing, and how financial fragility could amplify today’s risks. They examine geoeconomic tools like oil chokepoints, the petrodollar legacy, de-dollarization trends, and political fallout from energy-driven shocks.

Lawrence Wilkerson, retired U.S. Army colonel and former chief of staff to the Secretary of State, gives stark military and foreign policy analysis. He discusses risks of escalation with Iran, how regional chokepoints and logistics could cripple global supplies, Israel’s mobilization crisis and the frightening possibility of nuclear scenarios and broader economic and political fallout.

John Mearsheimer, noted international relations scholar from the University of Chicago, gives a stark strategic assessment of the Iran confrontation. He explains why Iran now holds powerful leverage, how escalation could cripple global oil and economies, and why time and attrition favor Tehran. He also discusses regional escalation risks like the Red Sea and the limits of US military options.

George Beebe, former CIA Russia analyst and Quincy Institute strategist, unpacks how the Iran war strains Ukraine’s air defenses and energy leverage. He explores why Europeans push on despite mounting costs. He weighs risks of Russian opportunism while Washington is distracted and warns the diplomatic window for peace is narrowing.