<p>In this special episode, host Jess discusses the first two weeks of the US-Israel war with Iran with Professor Faten Ghosn. They discuss the possibility for negotiations, events leading up to the strikes, and what this means for democracy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Professor Faten Ghosn is Head of the Department of Government at the University of Essex and affiliated faculty (Non-UA) at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona. Her work focuses, in part, on enemy images as obstacles to cooperation, militarized interstate disputes, and transitional justice.</p><p>For more information on the episode and podcast visit our website<a href=" https://democracydifferently.org" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://democracydifferently.org⁠</a></p>