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Trump vs Iran: The War That Wasn’t

2/3/2026 • 64 min

In this semi-emergency episode, Aimen helps Thomas unpack the last eight months of escalating tension and threats between the US and Iran, and explains why it’s now unlikely the American ‘armada’ President Trump sent to the Gulf will be going to war with Iran anytime soon. Thomas and Aimen discuss: How the 12-Day War changed Iran Why Israel’s Doha strik… Play episode

Paul Kenyon: 30 Years Under Fire as a BBC War Reporter
Mali: When Jihadists Win
Syrian Blitzkrieg: How Damascus Crushed the SDF
Trump vs USAID: The Rise and Fall of America’s Aid Empire
How Yemen Broke the Saudi-UAE Alliance
Crisis in the Gulf: Saudi vs UAE
Re-Thinking Islam’s Global History
The Crisis in Iran: The History Behind US-Iran Tensions
Zohran Mamdani and the Ascendancy of Third Worldism
2025 Year in Review
Inside the Trenches of Ukraine
2025 Conflicted Christmas Special
What Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy Means For The World
The 2026 Middle East Forecast
What the U.S. Gets Wrong About the Muslim Brotherhood
Saudi Arabia’s New Bargaining Chip
Has the Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrated the UK?
Conflicted Returns: A New Era Begins
Conflicted Revisited: Ethiopia’s Overlooked Conflict
India and the Future of World Order: A Conversation with T.V. Paul
Conflicted Revisited… Husam Mahjoub – How Foreign States are Fuelling Suda…
CC: Patrick McGee – How Apple Built a Superpower
Conflicted Revisited… Hamza Howidy – Protest, Exile, and a Post-Hamas Visi…
CC: Emma Ashford – The Collapse of America's Unipolar Moment
The Gaza Peace Deal: Behind the Scenes with Aimen Dean
7/7: The Inside Story – A New Terror Paradigm • Episode 6
CC: Alex Vatanka – How has the 12 Day War Changed Iran?
7/7: The Inside Story – The Lone Wolf • Episode 5
7/7: The Inside Story – How to Spot a Radical • Episode 4
CC: Aaron Zelin – New Syrian Government, Same Old Conflicts?
7/7: The Inside Story – The Hunt • Episode 3
7/7: The Inside Story – The Voices of Londonistan • Episode 2
7/7: The Inside Story – A Thursday in July • Episode 1
Conflicted Revisited... 9/11
CC: Burcu Ozcelik – The End of the PKK & Turkey’s Great Game
CC Revisited... Eugene Rogan – What do the 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ mean for…
CC: Jakub Jajcay – The Raw Reality of Modern Warfare in Ukraine
CC Revisited... Alex Anastasiades: Britain, Saudi and the New Multipolar W…
CC: Dr. Alick Isaacs – Dialogue and Purpose in a Divided Land
CC: Philip Cunliffe - The Return of the National Interest?
Conflicted Revisited... The Untold Story of the Druze From Suwayda
CC: Q&A – From Bunker Busters to Sahel Battlefields
The Syrian Civil War Pt.9: Aimen’s Nephew Answers the Call to Jihad
7/7: The Inside Story – A Thursday in July • Episode 1
Introducing - 7/7: The Inside Story
The Syrian Civil War Pt.8: The Untold Story of the Druze From Suwayda
Conflicted Revisited... Ayatollah vs. Shah
CC: Israel & Iran’s Day of Reckoning
CC: Wassim Nasr – Does Lifting Sanctions Equal Stability in Al-Sharaa’s Sy…

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