Stopping the Iran War
Emma Ashford on possible off-ramps from conflict.
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Stopping the Iran War w/ Emma Ashford | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
The US/Israel War against Iran is shaping out to be a much bigger mess than expected
even by critics. As it turns into a regional conflict that has embroiled more than a dozen
nations, are there any possible ways Donald Trump can be forced to pull back. I spoke
with international affairs scholar Emma Ashford of the Stimson Center about the war
and paths to peace.
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Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026.
(Sasan / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)The US/Israel War against Iran is shaping up to be a much bigger mess than expected, even by critics. As it turns into a regional conflict that has embroiled more than a dozen nations, are there any possible ways Donald Trump can be forced to pull back? I spoke with international affairs scholar Emma Ashford of the Stimson Center about the war and paths to peace.
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Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy w/ David Klion / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
There’s an ongoing feud in the Trump administration between restrainers (advocates of a less hawkish foreign policy) and neoconservatives (advocates of militarism on multiple fronts). David Klion wrote about this conflict for the Nation but notes that the ideologies are less important than the fact that Trump is an impulsive bully who often changes his mind. I talked to David about this conflict and the larger incoherence of right-wing foreign policy.
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