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NEW: The Iran Trap
Six months into war with Iran, our latest poll finds a public wary of a conflict that many believe the United States is not winning, unlikely to achieve its stated objectives, and not worth the costs.
Survey of 1,000 US adults, fielded Aug 11–14. 🧵1/
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(The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart took Silver 🫡)
Thanks to the people behind the pod, especially our producer extraordinaire Eloise Cassier, our outstanding guests, and to everyone who listens. More episodes TK.
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"I don't care if it flies."
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Tech companies, defense startups, and their CEOs hold more and more sway over how and when countries go to war. What happens when private interests outweigh national security interests?
@weinbergersa joins @mideastXmidwest on None Of The Above 🎧
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AI is on the front lines in Iran. Claude has helped select targets, and Grok has coordinated missile strikes. Yet 42% of Americans have heard nothing about it.
Jonathan Guyer (@mideastXmidwest) writes in @TheNatlInterest. nationalinterest.org/blog/te…
The UAE nuclear deal is considered the "gold standard" because the UAE agreed to forgo enrichment and reprocessing, two paths to bomb-grade material.
The proposed Saudi deal doesn't require the same, explains @khansahar1 in @RStatecraft.
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Jonathan Guyer: "Congress has a really big role to play ... a role that the founders set out in the Constitution."
Newt Gingrich: "The longer the war goes and the more it fails, the more they're going to want some kind of countervailing balance."
ALT Bar chart. Should the president be able to launch military operations overseas without approval from Congress? No 61%, Yes 26%, Not sure 12%. IGA/YouGov survey of 1,000 US adults, April 24–27, 2026.
IGA's @mideastXmidwest joined @newtgingrich on Newt's World to talk drones, AI, and the latest IGA polling on the Iran war.
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Central banks tend to treat inflation as "a demon to be slain at all costs."
But when prices spike from short-term shocks, argues IGA board chair @zacharykarabell, raising rates risks "compounding the harms and making them last even longer."
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Democratic Reps. Gregory Meeks, Brad Sherman, John Garamendi, and Don Beyer intro'd a resolution to kill the US-Saudi nuke pact but their time is running out, explains @khansahar1 @InGlobalAffairs responsiblestatecraft.org/sa…
The first AI war?
IGA Program Director Jonathan Guyer (@mideastXmidwest) joined @cspanwj earlier this week to discuss how the US is using AI in the conflict with Iran and the extent to which Americans are aware of it.
c-span.org/program/washingto…
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NEW: @khansahar1 @InGlobalAffairs explores the chances for killing the flawed US-Saudi agreement which raises too many flags for proliferation. It leaves the door open for the Kingdom to enrich its own fuel, something the US wouldn't allow anyone else to to
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How has pro-Israel lobbying in Washington changed since the mid-aughts?
@stephenwalt, co-author of The Israel Lobby, and @EliClifton, co-author of the new Israel's Lobby, compare notes with @jonathanguyer on None Of The Above.
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Number of the day:
A majority of Americans (54%) say the US should follow rules set by international organizations like the UN and WTO — including 80% of Democrats and a majority of independents, but just 37% of Republicans.
From IGA's fall 2025 survey RECKLESS PEACEMAKER
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Support for the Iran war is cooling among Republicans. In April, 49% of Republicans said they strongly approve of the Iran war. In August, only 34% say they strongly approve. 73% of Republicans say the war has increased the cost of living.
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"The war, which was unpopular from the start, is even more unpopular now, according to a poll released this week by @InGlobalAffairs. A majority of Americans think the war was a mistake, cannot name a goal worth continuing it for, believe it has increased the cost of living, and give primary blame to either the U.S. or its co-belligerent Israel for starting it." ~ @matthew_petti for @reason reason.com/2026/09/18/trumps…
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The Iran war is a lot more relevant to people's lives than the White House might have realized. Four in five Americans are connecting it to rising economic costs — and that's held steady for six months, according to our new @InGlobalAffairs/@YouGov polling.
The data suggests that the war is not abstract. It's what you're thinking about when you're filling up your gas tank, or buying a plane ticket.
Thanks @dbessner and the @AmPrestigePod for having me on to talk through these new survey findings and more.
