Rania Khalek Dispatches

The war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran could send shockwaves through the global economy.

Energy markets, shipping routes, fertilizer supply, and cloud infrastructure are all at risk. Even a short disruption could drive inflation, food shortages, and economic instability worldwide.

Rania Khalek speaks with economist Yanis Varoufakis, former Finance Minister of Greece, about why this conflict could become one of the most economically disruptive wars in decades.

As war between Iran, Israel, and the United States escalates, what’s actually happening on the battlefield, and how is the conflict being viewed inside the U.S. military itself?
On this live episode of Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by two guests to break down both the military realities of the war and the growing opposition to it inside the United States.
Jon Elmer, contributing editor at The Electronic Intifada, joins the show to analyze the military dynamics of the US-Israeli war on Iran — including Iran’s strategy, the effectiveness of Israeli and U.S. defenses, and who appears to have the strategic advantage so far.
Then Mike Prysner, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience and War and a U.S. Army veteran, discusses widespread opposition to war on Iran among American soldiers and what it reveals about morale, public opinion, and the limits of U.S. war-making power.

As Israel expands its war on Iran and U.S. officials float the possibility of American boots on the ground, what is really happening behind the headlines?
Iran expert at Johns Hopkins Vali Nasr joins Rania Khalek to explain:
Why Iran prepared for decapitation strikes
Why “regime collapse” is far from guaranteed
How global oil supplies “have become a battlefield” 
Why Trump may already be looking for an off-ramp
The growing divide between U.S. and Israeli war goals
The chances this conflict could spiral into something far bigger
Nasr argues that Iran’s strategy isn’t to win quickly. It’s to make the war long, costly, and politically dangerous for Washington.
If this is the “last battle” for Iran’s leadership, what does that mean for the region — and for the global economy?

Mike Huckabee’s reference to borders stretching “from the Euphrates to the Nile” has sparked a diplomatic firestorm across the Middle East.

Even governments that normalized relations with Israel — including the UAE — publicly condemned the remarks. Why did this rhetoric hit such a nerve? And is it really new, or just unusually blunt?

At the same time, tensions between Israel and Saudi Arabia are rising, fractures between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are deepening, and the risk of a U.S.–Iran war looms in the background, a conflict that could drag Gulf states into a confrontation they don’t control.

What does this moment reveal about the future of normalization, regional alliances, and the possibility of a wider war?

Rania Khalek was joined by Giorgio Cafiero on Dispatches to break it all down.

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At the Munich Security Conference, Marco Rubio said the quiet part out loud.

No more “rules-based order.” No more liberal pretense. Just open coercion.

After Gaza — after a genocide livestreamed for the world — U.S. empire isn’t even pretending anymore.

In this episode of Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by Dylan Saba — attorney with Palestine Legal and co-host of Turbulence — to unpack what this moment represents:

• Gaza as the capstone of the War on Terror
• The return of gunboat diplomacy
• Why imperial “decline” means escalation, not collapse
• Fascist consolidation at home under Trump
• The Democratic Party’s containment of dissent
• Why the U.S. still lacks a real left foreign policy

This isn’t a deviation in American foreign policy.
It’s its logical endpoint.

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