Tensions between Iran and the United States have escalated in the Persian Gulf. On this week's Middle East Brief, Afshon Ostovar, an assistant professor at the Naval Post Graduate School and FPRI Senior Fellow, joins the program to discuss the recent attack in Fujairah, U.S. policy towards Iran, and the potential for a U.S. - Iranian clash.


Related Materials by Afshon Ostovar:

"Vanguard of the Imam: Religion, Politics, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards" https://amzn.to/2LPtYYR

"Iran, its clients, and the future of the Middle East: the limits of religion"
http://bit.ly/2W5FPG1

"The Grand Strategy of Militant Clients: Iran’s Way of War"
http://bit.ly/2WOnNVI