When A Weak Iran Goes Nuclear | Interview: Michael Singh

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The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Jamie Weinstein is joined Michael Singh, the managing director and Lane-Swig senior fellow at The Washington Institute, to explain how the Trump administration can take on a weakened—but potentially nuclear—Iranian regime. The Agenda: —Preventing a nuclear Iran —Iran’s “ring of fire” strategy —Iranian proxies operating abroad —A maximum pressure campaign —Regime change —How to build a nuclear warhead —America’s red line —Relations with Russia and China —Is Iran apocalyptic? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.4	Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Jamie Weinstein. My guest today is Michael Singh. He is
1:07.3	the managing director and Lane Swig Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He is the managing director and Lane Swig Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
1:14.7	He is also a former head of Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council under George W. Bush.
1:22.0	And he is the author of a new policy report, policy steps to prevent a nuclear Iran.
1:29.3	Recommendations to the Trump Trump administration how to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. And that is the topic of our
1:35.1	conversation. We get into depth about how he proposes the Trump administration can do that,
1:41.0	how close Iran is to developing a nuclear weapon, and what the
1:46.1	consequences might be of other policy options. So I think you will find this very informative.
1:52.6	So without further ado, I give you Mr. Michael Singh, welcome to the Dispatch podcast.
2:10.2	Thanks for having me.
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