{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/662f9d2ef51ce1001382582c/69ffb9b844cb786b370247b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 15: How the Iran War Changed the Global Order - with Professor Radhika Desai","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/662f9d2ef51ce1001382582c/1778366799612-a690b03e-c248-4acd-a42b-726e3e213331.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>0:00 Introduction — Professor Radhika Desai and the crisis of US hegemony</p><p>1:15 Why did the US-Israel war on Iran happen? Competing explanations</p><p>3:40 Israel lobby vs structural American strategy</p><p>7:20 Was the war really connected to China and global energy control?</p><p>12:10 How Radhika Desai defines multipolarity</p><p>16:45 Did the war expose the limits of US military and economic power?</p><p>21:30 Did Iran change the meaning of multipolarity?</p><p>26:40 Why China did not directly intervene for Iran</p><p>31:00 China is not the Soviet Union: beyond Cold War thinking</p><p>36:20 China’s relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf</p><p>41:10 Did Beijing pressure Iran toward negotiations?</p><p>46:00 Energy routes, maritime chokepoints, and global trade</p><p>50:30 Sanctions, financial coercion, and the future of US power</p><p>58:25 Can Iran survive while waiting for de-dollarisation?</p><p>1:03:10 Why China cannot simply “save” Iran economically</p><p>1:07:45 The dollar system and the slow emergence of alternatives</p><p>1:12:40 BRICS, elites, and the contradictions of multipolarity</p><p>1:16:20 What Iranian policymakers may still misunderstand</p><p>1:18:20 Final reflections: hope, sovereignty, and the future of West Asia</p>","author_name":"Ali Alizadeh"}