Episode 15: How the Iran War Changed the Global Order - with Professor Radhika Desai

ِEpisode 17: Trump's China visit couldn't open Hormuz: COnversation with Michael Hudson

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Episode 16: Ranjeet Brar: The British Doctor Arrested for Speech on Iran

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Episode 15: How the Iran War Changed the Global Order - with Professor Radhika Desai

0:00 Introduction — Professor Radhika Desai and the crisis of US hegemony 1:15 Why did the US-Israel war on Iran happen? Competing explanations 3:40 Israel lobby vs structural American strategy 7:20 Was the war really connected to China and global energy control? 12:10 How Radhika Desai defines multipolarity 16:45 Did the war expose the limits of US military and economic power? 21:30 Did Iran change the meaning of multipolarity? 26:40 Why China did not directly intervene for Iran 31:00 China is not the Soviet Union: beyond Cold War thinking 36:20 China’s relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf 41:10 Did Beijing pressure Iran toward negotiations? 46:00 Energy routes, maritime chokepoints, and global trade 50:30 Sanctions, financial coercion, and the future of US power 58:25 Can Iran survive while waiting for de-dollarisation? 1:03:10 Why China cannot simply “save” Iran economically 1:07:45 The dollar system and the slow emergence of alternatives 1:12:40 BRICS, elites, and the contradictions of multipolarity 1:16:20 What Iranian policymakers may still misunderstand 1:18:20 Final reflections: hope, sovereignty, and the future of West Asia ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 14: From Gaza to Tehran: How Israel Engineers Confusion and Division, with Dr Shahd Hammouri

Dr Shahd Hammouri, a Palestinian raised in Jordan, is a Lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory at the University of Kent. She is the author of the forthcoming book Corporate War Profiteering and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2026). In this conversation, recorded on day 30 of the US and Israel’s war on Iran, we discuss how both states engineer fragmentation, disunity, confusion, and cognitive dissonance within the communities subjected to their attacks, bombardment, and occupation. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 13: Will Trump Attack Iran? Iran's unrest with Larry Johnson

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