Iran’s Attack on Israel, With Steven Cook and Ray Takeyh

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, and Ray Takeyh, the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel and the prospects for a broader Middle East war.

 

Mentioned on the Episode 

 

Steven A. Cook, "Iran Attack Means an Even Tougher Balancing Act for the U.S. in the Middle East," CFR.org

 

Steven A. Cook, The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East [forthcoming]

 

Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, “Keeping U.S. Power Behind Israel Will Keep Iran at Bay,” New York Times

 

Ray Takeyh, "Iran Attacks on Israel Spur Escalation Concerns," CFR.org

 

Ray Takeyh, The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty

 

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