Iran Reacts to US Sanctions—with Echoes of Run-up to Pearl Harbor
University of Chicago's Robert Pape and George Mason University's Ellen Laison join this week's Deep Dish to discuss what is at stake with Iran.
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US sanctions on Iran are shifting the strategic calculus for Tehran to retaliate, creating a situation reminiscent of the sequence in 1941 that led Imperial Japan to attack the US naval base in Hawaii, argues Robert Pape of the University of Chicago. Ellen Laipson of George Mason University, too, warns about the White House neglecting the risks of economic coercion when it fails. Both join this week's Deep Dish to discuss what is at stake with Iran.
About the Experts
Ellen Laipson
Director, International Security Program, George Mason University
Professor of Political Science, the University of Chicago
Robert A. Pape is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs and the founding director for the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST)
Brian Hanson
Former Vice President, Studies
Brian Hanson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He managed the Council's research operations and hosted the Council's weekly podcast, Deep Dish on Global Affairs.