Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 121: Iran, Israel, and Multipolarity with Firas Modad - 7/21/26
Ghost sits down with geopolitical analyst Firas Modad of the Lotus Eaters for a sprawling, two hour conversation that covers an enormous amount of ground. They dig into the stalemate in Iran, the shifting alliance between Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and why Israel keeps finding itself on the outside looking in. From there the discussion turns philosophical, touching on multipolarity, the nature of empire, Christianity's place in the West, and some genuinely spicy disagreements about Zionism, Qasim Soleimani, and whether economic entanglement actually prevents war. The two do not…
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