In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why Washington found the idea of regime change in Iraq so irresistible — and why, despite that disaster, it has now set its sights on Iran.

The American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites earlier this summer were a dangerous escalation in the ongoing conflict with Iran. But while a ceasefire has remained in place, there’s good reason to believe that Iranian regime change isn’t off the table just yet.

In this episode of the Jacobin Radio podcast Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber looks back on how the United States pursued regime change in Iraq and why that disastrous invasion may wind up being the playbook again in Iran.

Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber is produced by Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, and publishe

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