{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60b001bcdb92290012060084/60b001c2db9229001206009e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Regime Change Re-examined","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60b001bcdb92290012060084/1663165971779-d29b339bae14b6d49d072b46d12fcbf8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this week’s episode of <em>Hold Your Fire!</em>, Rob Malley and guest host Richard Atwood take on the U.S. “forever wars” with Phil Gordon, a former adviser to President Barack Obama and author of the acclaimed book <em>Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East</em> (St. Martin's Press, October 2020). Rob also addresses one of the most pressing foreign policy decisions the incoming Biden administration will face: should the U.S. simply go back to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal or should it aim for a more ambitious agreement with Tehran? </p>\n<p>Background reading:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250217035\"><u>Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East</u></a>, Philip H. Gordon. St. Martin's Press. </p>","author_name":"International Crisis Group"}