On the brave new world we have entered.

Historian Arash Azizi is back on the pod, talking to Alex H and Lee Jones about the ongoing war. We try to draw out some firm consequences, beyond the immediate situtation.

Why did Trump go to war?

Is this Netanyahu's war? And will he continue it regardless of the US?

Will the Islamic Republic become more conservative now? 

What has the war revealed about asymmetric warfare? About US vulnerability?

What is the state of the Hormuz weapon now?

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Links:

Arash Azizi:

Reasons to be Hopeful in Iran, Arash Azizi, The Atlantic

/24/ #IranProtest ft. Arash Azizi

/150/ Shadow Commander ft. Arash Azizi

/444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi

Analyses:

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, NY Times

Netanyahu’s Iran War Is Also the War of Global Neocon Elites, Nimrod Flaschenberg, Jacobin

Trump's War, Daniel Luban Dissent Magazine

The world energy shock is coming, Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk, New Statesman

One battle after another: Netanyahu’s new security doctrine, FT 

/532/ Is This a Paleocon Foreign Policy? ft. JF Drolet

Atlas Shrugged: Decoding Trump's National Security Strategy, Lee Jones, American Affairs