The war on Iran continues as we enter the fifth week of the US and Israel’s attacks on the country.

Dylan Bird is joined by Clinton Fernandes, Professor of International and Political Studies at t the University of New South Wales, who offers his unique perspective on the consequences of the disrupted global oil supply, the Albanese government’s response to the attacks and what is means for Australia’s relationship with the US, the wider conflict in the Middle East, and what escalation might look like.

“Both the United States and Israel want a subordinated Middle East … It is not true that Israel that manoeuvred the United States into position or is manipulating it; there is a strategic convergence between the two countries’ geopolitical objectives.”

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