The missiles may have landed in the Middle East, but the shockwaves are global. In this episode, Lewis Mizen unpacks the rapidly escalating tensions between Israel and Iran: how we got here, why it matters, and what a wider conflict could mean for the future of global stability. War drums are beating, alliances are shifting, and the world is, once again, on the edge.

Correction: Iran is one of 4 Shia majority countries alongside Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan.