War on Iran is part of the US empire's larger attempt to re-impose its unipolar dominance on the global political and financial system, argues economist Michael Hudson. Washington wants to preserve dollar hegemony and the petrodollar, while disrupting BRICS and Eurasian integration with China and Russia. He is interviewed by host Ben Norton.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEXReFGb24

Transcript here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/27/war-iran-us-unipolarity-michael-hudson/

Michael Hudson's article - War on Iran is fight for US unipolar control of world: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/22/michael-hudson-war-iran-us-unipolar-control

Michael Hudson's website: https://michael-hudson.com

Topics

0:00 Intro: US war on Iran

3:45 Summary of US imperial strategy

8:15 Interview starts

9:00 History of US meddling in Iran

11:06 US divide-and-conquer plan

14:02 Israel: US empire's aircraft carrier

17:07 Geopolitics of Iran

18:56 China's Belt and Road Initiative

21:02 Attempt to encircle Russia & China

23:34 US aggression backfires on dollar

27:29 Oil and petrodollar

36:43 Super Imperialism

40:06 Sanctions & economic warfare

44:35 Military-Industrial Complex

51:33 Outro

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