Nothing Short of Complete and Utter Dismantlement (feat. Jacob Nagel)
Washington has wasted decades chasing pauses and half-measures. But as Mark Dubowitz and Brigadier General Jacob Nagel argue, the only answer to Iran’s nuclear blackmail is total dismantlement — no de...
3 Syys 20251h 6min
American Economic and Financial Power and the Iran File (feat. Juan Zarate)
Juan Zarate, the strategist who pioneered U.S. financial warfare, joins Mark to break down how sanctions and isolation bled Iran’s economy and forced concessions—and how the dollar became Washington’s...
20 Elo 20251h 8min
American Military and Political Power and the Iran File (feat. Bradley Bowman)
Host Mark Dubowitz sits down with his FDD colleague Brad Bowman, Senior Director of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP), to break down what the 12-Day War taught us about American mili...
6 Elo 20251h 1min
American Intelligence and Information Power V. Iran (feat. Reuel Marc Gerecht)
In Part II of their conversation, Mark Dubowitz and Reuel Marc Gerecht dive into what the 12-Day War exposed about the Islamic Republic and why Iran’s leaders, even after decades of hostility, were ca...
6 Elo 202537min
Know Thine Enemy: The Curious Casefile of Reuel Marc Gerecht
Mark Dubowitz sits down with Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former Iranian-targets officer in the CIA turned FDD resident scholar, to discuss the covert odyssey that is his career.
23 Heinä 202545min
The Saudi Factor (feat. Amb. Michael Ratney)
Mark Dubowitz is joined by former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney to break down the complex Saudi–Iran stalemate — from the 1979 Siege of Mecca and Khomeini’s revolution, to today’s reg...
23 Heinä 20251h 13min
Should the Iranian People Seize This Moment? (featuring Mehdi Parpanchi)
In the last week, U.S. and Israeli forces have hit the heart of the Islamic Republic’s power from Fordow and Natanz to Evin Prison and the Basij headquarters. Khamenei has gone dark. The Islamic Repub...
25 Kesä 20251h 5min
Assessing the U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities (featuring David Albright)
The shadow war is over. This weekend, the United States took direct military action against Iran’s nuclear program for the first time, in a coordinated operation with Israel that targeted the regime’s...
23 Kesä 202558min
