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| Sir Alex Younger spent 30 years at MI6, Britain’s foreign intelligence service, with six of those as its boss. He joins the Economist’s defence editor, Shashank Joshi, to analyse the current state of the conflict, the health of Iran's regime and what could happen next. #iran #usa #geopolitics #politics #trump 00:00 - Why Iran has the “upper hand” in the conflict 01:09 - How strong is the Iranian regime? 04:59 - Who’s in the IRGC and what do they stand for? 06:21 - What comes next? Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4bL5dpl Sign up to the Insider newsletter: https://econ.st/4nOyzIb Subscribe to The Economist: https://www.economist.com/subscribe Download our app: https://www.economist.com/get-the-app Follow The Economist on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeconomist/ Follow The Economist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist Follow The Economist on X: https://x.com/TheEconomist |
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