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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Vali Nasr: Iran's Grand Strategy
Description: Iran has for decades been one of the most significant—and tricky—foreign policy challenges facing America and the West. Unfortunately, most people do not know much about the country’s true goals. Join us as Vali Nasr examines Iran’s political history to explain the actions and ambitions of the country’s leaders. He says behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, modern Iran pursues a grand strategy with the twin goals of internal security and international activism.
Nasr, author of Iran’s Grand Strategy, draws on memoirs, oral histories, and original in-depth interviews with leading Irani...