Has the US lost the Iran war? @BrookingsInstitution
Has the US lost the Iran war? @BrookingsInstitution
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Brookings Senior Fellow Robert Kagan writes in The Atlantic that U.S. defeat in Iran war “is not only possible but likely.” In this episode of The Brookings Current, Kagan is joined by Melanie Sisson and Michael O’Hanlon, also senior fellows in Foreign Policy, to discuss their latest thinking on the war, and whether it has weakened America’s hand in the region.

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