The Decline of American Influence: Biden's Approach to Iran | Dr. Victoria Coates

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🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Dr. Victoria Coates joins us to examine the decline of American leverage against Iran and how it influences our relations with Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Russia.

Dr. Victoria Coates is a Distinguished Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, an art historian, and a political consultant. She previously served on the National Security Council, first as Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa and then as Deputy National Security Advisor before moving to the Department of Energy to serve as a Senior Advisor under President Trump. She is the author of "David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art". Follow her on Twitter at @VictoriaCoates.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	Because the member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Welcome back everybody. Let's talk Iran.
0:27.0	When Joe Biden was sworn in, he inherited a lot of pretty good circumstances,
0:31.0	especially internationally with America's standing on the world stage.
0:34.0	President Trump proved that peace through strength was the correct way to handle foreign policy.
0:38.0	Iran rattled its saber, attacking US bases in Iraq,
0:42.0	and then embassy in Baghdad, and we responded, killing Kusum Soleimani,
0:46.0	the mastermind of Iran's terror in the region.
0:48.0	With that strike, we reestablished deterrence.
0:51.0	But now, with the Biden administration operating under a peace through it.
0:54.0	The peace-met foreign policy, the world is a much more dangerous place.
0:57.0	Iran, among other countries, are taking advantage of perceived weakness
1:01.0	and flexing their muscle in the region.
1:03.0	Iran recently launched ballistic missiles from Iranian territory into Erbil,
1:07.0	the capital of the stable and friendly Iraqi Kurdistan region.
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