The Deep Focus Show: Did Iran Just Change the World Order? With Trita Parsi & Richard Wolff
Professor Richard Wolff guest hosting The Deep Focus Show. The Deep Focus Show airs weekly on WBAI and is also available on YouTube providing Raw, intelligent conversations with investigative journalists, whistleblowers, political analysts, and influential voices from around the world.
In this episode of Deep Focus, Professor Richard Wolff sits down with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, for a wide-ranging discussion on the shifting balance of global power, the Iran conflict, U.S. foreign policy, and the future of multipolar geopolitics.
The conversation explores whether recent developments in the Middle East signal the decline of American military primacy, the rise of new global power structures, and how asymmetric warfare is reshaping international relations. Parsi offers deep insight into Iran’s strategic position, China’s global ambitions, Israel’s evolving political landscape, and the broader implications for the future world order.
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The most well balanced perspective I have seen on this issue. We sometimes want to think that a foreign people's support of their govt is either total or nonexistent, with no gray areas. It seems Iranians, while not supporting their govt's internal policies, do support the measures it has taken to deal with the US and the West. Yes, the Iranian govt did kill protestors. Undeniable. Real figures are between 3000 and 8000. As a counterpoint, Americans might want to remember that their police forces kill on average 1100 Americans every year, and that has been the case for decades. And for those who might classify my statements as "whaboutism", I would put it in the "same rules for everyone" category. A recognition of hypocrisy should not be confused or conflated with whataboutism.