American Power Plunges Under Iran Shock | Prof. Radhika Desai

US power looks trapped, brittle, and in decline. Pascal Lottaz speaks with political economist Radhika Desai about Trump’s Iran war speech, a deepening Middle East quagmire, oil shock, NATO strain, lost US credibility, imperial decline, domestic decay, and the risk of an AI and debt crash.



Links:

Radhika Desai website: https://radhikadesai.com ([radhikadesai.com](https://radhikadesai.com/?utm_source=openai))

Radhika Desai Substack: https://radicaldesai.substack.com ([sidestack.io](https://sidestack.io/directory/substack/radicaldesai))



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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:49 Trump speech and war trap

00:05:00 Middle East quagmire and lost control

00:08:15 Gulf bases oil shock and allies

00:12:45 Iran war and imperial decline

00:16:37 US revolution capitalism and empire

00:24:51 Global backlash against US power

00:31:32 Trump antiwar brand collapse

00:39:14 AI bubble and crash risk

00:44:28 Where to follow Radhika