To discuss the state of the war with Iran and the diplomatic efforts to end it, John Yang spoke with Ray Takeyh and Alan Eyre. The problem is, we have increased Iran's desire to project power passed it borders, in other words, to have effective strategic deterrence, and now Iran has found a new possible way of strategic deterrence, which is controlling the Strait of Hormuz. The theory of the case for the Israelis, and sometimes, as Alan said, the Americans, is that the regime's coercive apparatus, the security services, have been so degraded that when, an opposition movement reemerges, and I think it inevitably will, it will have a greater chance of success than it did previously.
Author: John Yang, Dan Sagalyn
Published at: 2026-03-25 22:30:45
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