Regent Israel Institute Podcast

Note: This podcast was recorded before the cease-fireIn this podcast, Dr. Nolte examines Trump’s long and deeply-held beliefs on Iran, going back to the 1980s. He predicts that Trump’s views are unlikely to change, and elucidates Trump’s commitment to military action as a predicate for negotiation; desire for leverage over Iran’s energy sector; and ambivalence about opening the Straits of Hormuz for “tankers we don’t need” and “allies that won’t help”.

In this episode, Dr. Nolte analyzes the shifting relationship between the U.S. military and the IDF, as seen through the lens of the current conflict. He focuses on what it means that Israel is a peer or near-peer military, and how this might impact U.S. military opinions of the alliance.

In this episode, Dr. Nolte analyzes the war with Iran through the lens of U.S. strategic objectives, as compared with those of Israel and the gulf countries. He explains the different, but largely overlapping, end goals of the U.S. and Israel, and begins outlining what the war might mean for future U.S. cooperation with Israel.

Before we can talk about the war, Dr. Nolte argues in this episode, we have to talk about the media’s coverage of it. He takes issue with the catastrophizing and politicization of media coverage, and explains why Iran, in particular, is so hard for both left-wing and right-wing media to get right.
For Dr. Nolte’s take on what’s happening and why, click here: https://ccta.regent.edu/u-s-military-action-against-iran-whats-really-happening-and-why/
For the news source he recommends to find out what’s happening daily, click here: https://www.criticalthreats.org/

In this episode, Dr. Nolte and CUFI on Campus Director Kirby Calhoun discuss the outbreak of the war with Iran. A veteran of the U.S. Special Forces and military intelligence with 2 tours of duty in the Middle East, Kirby supplements Dr. Nolte's geopolitical analysis with keen military insights, providing context for the news you are seeing on your TV screens this week.