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As the war in Iran soon enters its third week, two experts join FP Live for a debate. Were the United States and Israel justified in attacking Iran? And will the war advance U.S. interests in the region, or set them back? Trita Parsi and Matthew Kroenig sit down with executive editor Dan Ephron to discuss.
Parsi is the executive vice president at the Quincy Institute, and Kroenig is an FP columnist and a senior director at the Atlantic Council.
Trita Parsi: Iran’s Despair Is U.S. Policy
Matthew Kroenig: The Case for Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Program Now
Matthew Kroenig: Why a Wider War with Iran Is Unlikely
Matthew Kroenig: Trump Made History. Now the Iranian People Can, Too.
Michael Hirsh: So This, Finally, Is the ‘Trump Doctrine’
John Haltiwanger: The Trump Administration’s Iran War Justifications Keep Changing
Suzanne Nossel: It’s Time to Retire the Pottery Barn Rule
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