The Post-Iran War Prognosis Is Deeply Unsettling

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s war against Iran is shifting the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East - but how much has really changed in US foreign policy? What is different about this conflict compared to previous decades? What does this mean for our allies, and what role does Israel play in Trump’s decision-making? Max Boot, Aaron David Miller, and Holly Dagres join David Rothkopf to take stock of America’s war in Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	9, 12, 10, 28, 2, 23.
0:17.2	This is Deep State Radio, coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C.,
0:28.3	and from other undisclosed locations across America and around the world.
0:34.9	Hello and welcome to Deep State Radio. I am David Orozcuff, your host, and we are joined today by three friends and experts to talk
0:43.3	about, well, you can guess what we're going to talk about.
0:46.3	One, Holly Degras, is the Lubitsky Family Senior Fellow in the Washington Institute's
0:51.3	Viterbi Program on Iran and U.S. policy.
0:55.2	How are you today, Holly?
0:58.2	I'm living, I guess, as we say in Persian.
1:00.3	Living.
1:01.5	Well, okay.
1:03.0	Okay.
1:03.7	Living is good.
1:06.0	Also joined by our friend Aaron David Miller, who is a senior fellow at the Carnigan
1:10.9	Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. How are you doing
1:15.7	today, Aaron? I'm doing great, concerned about the future of the American Republic,
1:20.2	but other than that, things are fine. Okay, well, I think that is something to be concerned
1:26.2	about. And continuing this bleak outlook,
1:30.9	we have Max Boot, who is a historian and biographer, bestselling author, and foreign policy
1:36.7	analysts. I just shudder to ask. How are you doing today, Max?
1:41.9	I'm okay, David, but I'm jealous of Aaron's Wolverine propaganda and thinking I should
1:48.7	have brought like my cow hat or something to counteract the Michigan banners that, or the UCLA
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