What Are the Hidden Costs of the War with Iran?
· 49 min
Episode What Are the Hidden Costs of the War with Iran?
Beyond increasing gas prices, the war with Iran has had significant ripple effects for food security, economic security, and humanitarian crises in the Middle East and beyond. Emily Harding, Caitlin Welsh, and Mona Yacoubian joined Will to discuss the short- and long-term implications of the war that are getting less attention, and what can be done to mitigate their worst effects.
• Emily Harding, "Data Is Now the Front Line of Warfare," CSIS, March 19, 2026 • David Michel, "Could Iran Disrupt the Gulf Countries’ Desalinated Water Supplies?" CSIS, March 19, 2026. • Mona Yacoubian, "Iran’s War Strategy: Don’t Calibrate—Escalate," CSIS, March 16, 2026. • Emma Curtis, Joely Virzi, and Caitlin Welsh, "Chokepoint: How the War with Iran Threatens Global Food Security," CSIS, March 11, 2026.
Links in the notes 4
- https://www.csis.org/analysis/data-now-front-line-warfare
- https://www.csis.org/analysis/could-iran-disrupt-gulf-countries-desalinated-water-supplies
- https://www.csis.org/analysis/irans-war-strategy-dont-calibrate-escalate
- https://www.csis.org/analysis/chokepoint-how-war-iran-threatens-global-food-security
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