Uzair talks to Dr. Neda Bolourchi about the recent Israel-Iran-US conflict and its key takeaways. We also talked about whether the Iranian government is secure, the chances of diplomacy working, and Iran’s future role in the Middle East.

Dr. Neda Bolourchi is an interdisciplinary Middle East scholar and Associate Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Her work includes international and comparative human rights legal analysis and foreign policy studies.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

3:00 Key takeaways

16:50 Is the Iranian regime secure?

24:45 Understand regime politics

31:05 Iran’s future in the Middle East

38:15 Reading recommendations

Book Recommendations:

- Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security by Andrew Preston

- Opera as Drama by Joseph Kerman

- Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding... Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis by Sam Anderson