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Iran’s Role in the Middle East in Context, with Iftah Burman
Iftah Burman, founder of the Middle East Learning Academy, joins us to go over Iran’s broader role in the Middle East, particularly its operations outside of its own borders: what are its goals, what is the impact, and is Iran succeeding?
Itfah is a Middle East scholar that regularly briefs diplomats, foreign officials, academics, and different levels of young professionals. He also acts as the director of foreign senior-level mission to Israel of US government officials, US military officers, and different think-tank researchers. He’s also deeply involved with education, and regularly gives lectures to students and tour groups seeking broader context and understanding of the complexities in the region. He’s currently working on his PhD, with a dissertation focused on Hezbollah and Syria, but also studies and briefs experts on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Iranian-Western relations. Clearly, a relevant topic right now.
The Soleimani Airstrike in Geopolitical Context, With Jacob Shapiro
Jacob Shapiro (cofounder of Geopolitical Futures) joins us today to help us break down what in the absolute heck happened in Iran, what might happen next, and what the heck might be the strategic/geopolitical driver behind it.
We also do a followup about our last episode, where we cover some key errata about our analysis of the UK election that our listeners pointed out for us #humblepie and get a bit of help from Jacob on the implications.
Lots of good stuff 🙂
What makes Iran’s most recent protests unique
The deeper challenge the regime currently faces is this: all of the viable solutions to its economic challenges require institutional reform that would threaten the regime’s control.
The Iran Nuclear Deal is Done: Time for WWIII?
Trump just reimposed the sanctions on Iran that had been previously lifted by the nuclear deal–the deal is dead. Trump wants a new deal. Rouhani is under pressure and claiming he wants a fight. Is scrapping the deal a good idea or a bad idea? What does it mean for Iran and the Middle East?
Iran, Nukes, and Middle East Policy
We’ve made a nuclear deal with Iran, and everyone that hasn’t read the darn thing has a very strong opinion on it. In addition to understanding the deal in detail, we need to understand the history of Iran and the Middle East to get a good sense of whether the deal is a good idea or not. And, given that it’s locked in, where do we go next?