The Iran War: Gains, Losses, and Prospects
- Code:
- EVT 676
- Day:
- Wednesday
- Date(s):
- Apr 29
- Time:
- 4:00—5:30 pm (PT)
- Location:
- Zoom webinar
- Cost:
- FREE
- Additional Info:
- Click on "Get Tickets" below to register. Note: The webinar will be recorded and the video will be shared after the event.
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched devastating airstrikes on Iran, killing much of the country’s political and military leadership. The war aimed to destroy the remnants of Iran’s nuclear program, eliminate its offensive missiles, and degrade its capacity to threaten neighboring states. Some believed the regime itself might be toppled. In response, Iran attacked US allies in the region and disrupted most oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Two months later, a panel of Stanford scholars will examine the war’s impact on Iran’s regime, economy, and people. It will assess what each side—the United States, Israel, and Iran—has gained and lost to date, and look ahead to the prospects for peace, security, and economic stability. Can a peace agreement be negotiated and sustained? Can a regime that has survived the war endure the peace? Will Israel and the United States emerge stronger and more secure?
HOST:
Larry Diamond is the William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. His research focuses on global trends affecting freedom and democracy, and US and international policies to advance democracy and counter authoritarian influence. He was the founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy, and he remains a consultant to the National Endowment for Democracy. Among his books is Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency. His new co-edited book (with Sumit Ganguly and Dinsha Mistree) is The Troubling State of India’s Democracy.
PANELISTS:
H.R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A retired US Army lieutenant general, he served as the 26th Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 2017 to 2018. His research and writing focus on American foreign policy, national security, and military history. He is the author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World.
Abbas Milani is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. His scholarship focuses on Iranian politics, culture, and the broader history of modern Iran. He is the author of The Shah and Eminent Persians, and a frequent commentator on US-Iran relations and Middle Eastern affairs.
Philip H. Gordon is the Payne Lecturer at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is the Sydney Stein, Jr. Scholar at the Brookings Institution and has previously served as Assistant to the President and National Security Adviser to the Vice President, White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf, and as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. He is the author of Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East and writes extensively about the Middle East.
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