Dina Esfandiari
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 20 Feb
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First, thanks for having me.
You know, you don't know better than to just be excited and appreciate that you are studying with some pretty great people and then really appreciate the mentorship that they give you, which is what I call.
So much to say, so little time.
I mean, you know, I think the Iran issue has historically been a real unifying issue in the United States, which is odd given that the US political elites are pretty much split on absolutely everything.
Iran tends to unify them, although I think Trump's desire or at least build up and steps towards war
is beginning to kind of chip away at that unified elite.
So I think there's that element of it.
And then I think there's the element of the buildup, right?
The military buildup, the US military buildup in the region is really consequential.
It's really significant.
It's unlike anything that we've seen in the past before.
Is it really intended to go to war or is it intended to scare the Iranians to the negotiating table?
I think there's an element of both.
But the risk, of course, is that the buildup is so significant that unless Trump gets everything he wants out of an agreement with the Iranians, he's going to have to use it to justify that buildup.
Dina, I think, as you mentioned, the buildup of military capabilities in that part of the world is substantial.
Do we know what the U.S.
strategy is?
What does the U.S.
want here from Iran?
That seems to be unclear for a lot of folks.
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