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This episode is based on Barak Seener’s report ‘Restoring Deterrence: Destabilizing the Iranian Regime’ & describes how the Biden administration’s strategy of deescalation and localizing the conflict with Iran caused the regime to escalate tensions and spill over to other theatres. Conversely, could embracing escalation & courting brinkmanship lead to deescalation with Iran? Guest interview with Robert Greenway, director of the Alison Center of National Defense at Heritage Center & former Deputy Assistant to the US President & Senior Director of the NSC’s Middle East & North African Affairs Directorate, Lt Col (ret) Jonathan Conricus, Senior Fellow at FDD, Yonah Jeremy Bob, author of Targeting Tehran & Jerusalem Post’s Senior Military Correspondent.

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