This week on Babel,\xa0Jon speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow\xa0at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\xa0where\xa0focusing\xa0on\xa0Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East. They discuss\xa0tipping points in Iran, the future of the regime and what a post-Islamic Republic Iran might look like,\xa0and\xa0patterns in the history of authoritarian regimes.\xa0Then,\xa0Jon,\xa0Will Todman, and\xa0Caleb Harper\xa0continue the discussion about\xa0the\xa0potential foreign policy of a\xa0post-Islamic Republic Iran and\xa0its implications for\xa0regional\xa0actors\xa0and the United States.\xa0\xa0\n\nKarim Sadjadpour, \u201cIran Stops Pretending,\u201d\u202fThe Atlantic,\u202fJune 20, 2021.\xa0\n\nKarim Sadjadpour, \u201cHow to Win the Cold War With Iran,\u201d\u202fThe Atlantic,\u202fMarch 25, 2021.\xa0\n\nJon Alterman, \u201cIran Will Still be a Slog,\u201d\xa0Defense One,\xa0January 23, 2021.\xa0\n\nJon Alterman, \u201cCovid-19, the Iranians, and Us,\u201d\xa0CSIS,\xa0July 21, 2020.\xa0\n\nEpisode Transcript, \u201cThe Future of Iran's Regime,\u201d\xa0CSIS, July 13, 2021.