Mohammad Marandi: "Dubai Is Never...

Mohammad Marandi: "Dubai Is Never Going to Be Dubai Again" | Geopolitical Analysis Of Iran War

Geopolitical Economy Hour by Radhika Desai
Oct 5, 2026
55:13

Episode notes

Is the war meant to break Iran now breaking Washington's Gulf allies instead? I am joined at the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow by Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran, who points out that seven months of siege and sanctions are strangling the oil-dependent Gulf monarchies that helped wage this war. With US bases around Iran destroyed or half destroyed, these states are emerging as diminished entities.

Keywords

geopolitics
political economy
Iran War
Donald Trump
GCC
China
Russia
Iran