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Why the US Lost More Than a War Against Iran | Radhika Desai

by Jyotishman Mudiar & Radhika Desai
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Why the US Lost More Than a War Against Iran | Radhika Desai

 

Premiered Jun 29, 2026 Inequality Explained
The US-Iran war may mark one of the biggest turning points in modern geopolitics. In this in-depth conversation, Professor Radhika Desai argues that Iran's resistance has accelerated the decline of Western imperialism and exposed the limits of American military, financial and political power.

The discussion explores:
• Did Iran achieve a strategic victory over the United States?
• Is American imperialism entering irreversible decline?
• The rise of China, BRICS and the Third World
• Why Professor Desai rejects the term "Global South" • Is globalization coming to an end? • National sovereignty vs neoliberal globalization
• Finance capitalism, AI and speculative bubbles • Can socialism make a comeback?
• What should the Left do in the emerging multipolar world? This interview offers one of the most comprehensive discussions on the changing world order, the future of capitalism and the global balance of power.

 

Jyotishman Mudiar

Jyotishman Mudiar is chief host, editor of India & Global Left, a prominent political commentary platform and YouTube channel. He is a journalist and researcher. The platform features in-depth interviews and discussions on international relations, Marxist theory, anti-imperialism, and the historical and current struggles of the socialist movement. The channel frequently hosts prominent global scholars, activists, and geopolitical analysts. Notable past guests on the channel include: Vijay Prashad on BRICS and the fight for socialism. John J. Mearsheimer discussing international relations and the rise of China. Gabriel Rockhill on postmodernism, anti-communism, and fascism. Charles Abugre analyzing globalization and inequality, and more. You can watch their discussions and follow the channel's latest content on the India & Global Left YouTube Channel or read transcripts and analyses via the International Solidarity Podcast.

RADHIKA DESAI is a polymathic progressive human being. Professor at the Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group; Convenor of the International Manifesto Group; Past President of the Society for Socialist Studies. Radhika Desai’s wide-ranging work covers party politics, political and geopolitical economy, political and economic theory, nationalism, fascism, British, US and Indian politics. Geopolitical economy, the approach to the international relations of the capitalist world she proposed in her 2013 work, Geopolitical Economy, is rooted in Marx’s analysis of capitalist production as contradictory value production, places the economic role of states centrally and, through an original interpretation of the idea of uneven and combined development as the dialectic of imperialism and anti-imperialism, combines Marx’s analysis of capitalism with those of ‘late development’ and the developmental state as the key to explaining the dynamic of international relations of the modern capitalist world.

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