Archive - Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

What's next for the Iran war with Mark Kimmitt

Both the US and Iran are fighting - and winning - their own war

Apr 1 • Elise Labott and Mark Kimmitt

40:18

March 2026

Hot takes happy hour with Elise and Dany

Serving Delcys at the Dictators Cafe

Mar 28 • Elise Labott and Danielle Pletka

32:25

Iran is fighting a war - and itself

Author and historian Arash Azizi on the regime's endgame and how the war looks from inside Iran

Mar 26 • Elise Labott and Arash Azizi

29:51

Hot Takes Happy Hour with Dany and Elise

Iran, Iran, more Iran, and the temptations of censorship

Published on What the Hell is Going On? • Mar 22

38:38

Reading the enemy

A veteran Mideast diplomat on meeting Khamenei, Iran's war strategy and where the region may be headed

Mar 19 • Elise Labott and Jeffrey Feltman

54:14

Shield of the Americas

Military force and regime change in the Western Hemisphere

Published on The Preamble • Mar 12

Trump's yada-yada on Iran

Emily Horne on the administration's messy and inconsistent messaging on the war

Mar 7 • Elise Labott and Emily Horne

37:53

Hot takes day drinking with Elise & Dany

Iran, Iran, Iran. Also War Powers. And more Iran

Published on What the Hell is Going On? • Mar 4

38:29

The widening Iran war with Barbara Starr

Shifting rationales, the search for an endgame and yada yada

Mar 4 • Elise Labott and Barbara Starr

29:29

Why Is Iran Attacking Its Neighbors?

Gulf states like the UAE, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia have all been dragged into the conflict

Published on The Preamble • Mar 3

This is not the Wizard of Oz

The head of the snake is gone. What grows back is an open question

Mar 1 • Elise Labott

February 2026

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. AND ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN AS TRUMP WARNS OF POSSIBLE AMERICAN CASUALTIES. OUR DISCUSSION WITH ELISE LABOTT, BARBARA STARR…

Plus Jim notes Trump may simply be trying to save his own political skin.

Published on The Jim Acosta Show • Feb 28

48:15

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