Ray Takeyh, the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at CFR, and Robin Wright, a contributing writer and columnist for the New Yorker, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ramifications of U.S. retaliation against Iranian-backed militias after the killing of three U.S. service members in Jordan on January 28.
 
Mentioned on the Episode 
 
Ray Takeyh, The Last Shah: America, Iran and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
 
Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World
 
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