<p>Professor Giuseppe Acconcia has been traveling, studying, and writing about the Middle East for decades and joined me for a great discussion of the U.S./Israeli war on the region. We discussed the various states being attacked, the damages done so far to Iran, the decision-making process in Tehran--including the roles of the military, revolutionary guard, and political elite, the economic impact of the war so far, the importance of the Kurds, and much more. </p><p><br></p><p>Bio//</p><p>Giuseppe Acconcia, (@stradedellest), professor at Padua University and the University of Milan, has been a journalist in various locations in the Middle East, and is the author of &quot;The Great Iran,&quot; and co-authored, with Lorenza Perini, of &quot;The Arab Uprisings: Protests, Gender, and War, 2011-2021.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>---------------</p><p>🎸 Outro- &quot;Green and Red Blues&quot; by Moody🔗 Links🌐 The Great Iran: The Iranian Civil Society from Qajar Iran to Rouhani (https://bit.ly/46Zwhj9)</p><p>🎙️ Follow Green and Red</p><p>🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast</p><p>🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org</p><p><br></p><p>💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast</p><p>🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast</p><p>☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR</p><p>🌍 Our Networks</p><p>🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org</p><p>📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork</p><p>📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org🎬 </p><p><br></p><p>A Green and Red Podcast production</p><p>👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969)</p><p>✂️ Edited by Scott🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.</p><p><br></p>