Auditing the Iran War, with Eliot Cohen

Eliot Cohen, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, author of The Strategist: How to Think About War and Politics (bookshop.org/a/93116/9780691269443); and co-host of the Shield of the Republic (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shield-of-the-re…) podcast, joins School of War to discuss the recent agreement between the United States and Iran. Did the United States and Israel accomplish their objectives against Iran? What does the conflict reveal about the U.S. military's readiness for future wars? And did Trump negotiate from a position of strength, or squander one?

01:22 - Eliot Cohen on the war with Iran

03:34 - Judging Trump by outcomes

05:08 - A war 47 years in the making

06:45 - What we don't know about the air campaign

08:08 - Negotiating from strength?

09:10 - Trump's negotiating style

12:05 - Questions about America's conduct of the war

14:31 - The Strait of Hormuz becomes the objective

15:41 - Why the war ended when it did

17:25 - Trump and the nature of war

19:01 - Has Iran succeeded?

23:21 - The decline of the Iranian empire

28:09 - Why Trump got a bad deal

31:36 - Auditing the U.S. military

39:39 - Has warfare been transformed?

42:10 - What should America do next?

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