The Crises in the Middle East, w/ Professor Giuseppe Acconcia (G&R 479)

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Mar 17, 2026 · 51m

Professor Giuseppe Acconcia has been traveling, studying, and writing about the Middle East for decades and joined me for a great discussion of the U.S./Israeli war on the region. We discussed the various states being attacked, the damages done so far to Iran, the decision-making process in Tehran--including the roles of the military, revolutionary guard, and political elite, the economic impact of the war so far, the importance of the Kurds, and much more.

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Giuseppe Acconcia, (@stradedellest), professor at Padua University and the University of Milan, has been a journalist in various…