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Kings and Ayatollahs: Iran's National Security - A History
🎧Podcast: https://t.co/FB0KchejSR
🚩In this interview:
►What is it about Iran and its history that separates it from the rest of the Middle East?
►Who was Reza Shah and why is he so important to Iran's modern history?
►What was the last Shah's primary national security fear?
►Have the Ayatollahs continued the Pahlavis' national security strategies?
►If not, in what respects are the Ayatollahs' national security strategies different than the Pahlavis'?
►If so, in what way are they similar?
►What is forward defense?
►What is scared defense?
►What was the Shah's green plan?
🚩About My Guest Scholar:
Dr. Vali Nasr is a professor and former dean of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where he is now the co-director of the SAIS Rethinking Iran Initiative.
Dr. Nasr has advised world leaders, business leaders, and senior American policymakers, including the U.S. President, Secretary of State, senior members of Congress, and presidential campaigns.
In this interview, we discuss his latest book, "Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History".
🚩Where to find my program:
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▶️Adel Aali,
Host & Producer
History Behind News podcast
Scholars Unravel Middle East podcast
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