Ken Pollack, a Remnant all-star and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah for an extended discussion on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the race to be the supreme leader’s successor. The two also get into the various Iran appeasement campaigns, Biden’s approach to Israel, and the necessity of the United Nations.

Show Notes:

—Reuters reporting on the Ayatollah’s successor

—Ken’s profile at AEI

—Ken’s profile at Georgetown

—Ken’s most recent book, Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

—This week’s Dispatch Live

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