Is the US Nuclear Double Standard on Iran Sustainable? Professor Steven Zunes Breaks It Down
How can the United States credibly demand Iran abandon its nuclear ambitions while unconditionally backing a nuclear-armed Israel that has never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty? On this episode of the
How Is China Backing Iran in the Israel-Iran War? Carl Zha Returns to Kianistan Podcast
Recorded just days after Israel’s direct military attack on Iran, this urgent episode of the Kianistan Podcast brings back geopolitical analyst Carl Zha for his second appearance on the show,
Why Is Pakistan’s Democracy So Unstable? Dr. Mariam Mufti Explains the India-Pakistan Crisis
Why does Pakistan keep cycling between civilian governments and military rule, and how did that instability shape the country’s response to its most serious military confrontation with India in decades?
How Did the US Become Israel’s Unconditional Backer? Professor David Gibbs Explains
How did the United States go from a relatively cautious early supporter of Israel to what Joe Biden once described as a country America would have to invent if it
What Is It Really Like Inside Iran During a War? Hooman Majd Tells Us
What was it actually like for ordinary Iranian families during the recent 12-day war with Israel, cut off from phone and internet contact with the outside world while missiles fell
Did Israel’s War on Iran Actually Fail? Mouin Rabbani’s Definitive Breakdown
Did Israel’s 12-day war against Iran actually achieve any of its stated objectives, or was it, by any honest measure, a strategic failure dressed up as a tactical success? On
Is Hezbollah Really Weakened? Vanessa Beeley Returns to Break Down the Resistance Axis
Is Hezbollah really as weakened as Western media coverage suggests, and what does the fall of Damascus mean for the future of the so-called Axis of Resistance? On this episode
From Physicist to Sufi Scholar: Dr Louay Fatoohi on Karamat, Iraq, and the Search for a True Teacher
How does a physicist raised in a Christian family in Baghdad end up becoming one of the leading English-language scholars of Islamic Sufism? On this episode of the Kianistan Podcast,
Islam One vs Islam Two: Dr. Hushang Amirahmadi’s Radical Theory of Iran’s Future
What if the real fight for Iran’s future is not between reformists and hardliners, but between two entirely different visions of Islam itself? On this episode of the Kianistan Podcast,
Will Russia Ever Abandon Iran? Historian Vladimir Brovkin on the New Cold War
Why does Russia refuse to abandon Iran, even under enormous Western pressure, and what does the escalating crisis in Azerbaijan reveal about Vladimir Putin’s broader strategic doctrine? On this episode