Trump vs Iran: The War That Wasn’t

In this semi-emergency episode, Aimen helps Thomas unpack the last eight months of escalating tension and threats between the US and Iran, and explains why it’s now unlikely the American ‘armada’ President Trump sent to the Gulf will be going to war with Iran anytime soon.

Thomas and Aimen discuss:

• How the 12-Day War changed Iran
• Why Israel’s Doha strike jolted the Gulf and accelerated a ceasefire
• The Saudi–Pakistan defence pact and the Abraham Accords fallout
• How the region became more militarized and less diplomatically aligned
• Iran’s protest wave and the regime’s unspeakably brutal crackdown
• How Trump’s promises were empty from the start
• Why this may be Trump’s ‘Obama red line’ moment
• What this latest example of TACO signals to China

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