# Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 121: Iran, Israel, and Multipolarity with Firas Modad - 7/21/26

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-6674661)
Published: 2026-07-21T22:29:08+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/geopolitics-with-ghost-ep-121-iran-israel-and-multipolarity-with-firas-modad-72126/
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Duration seconds: 9030

## Resource

Ghost sits down with geopolitical analyst Firas Modad of the Lotus Eaters for a sprawling, two hour conversation that covers an enormous amount of ground. They dig into the stalemate in Iran, the shifting alliance between Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and why Israel keeps finding itself on the outside looking in. From there the discussion turns philosophical, touching on multipolarity, the nature of empire, Christianity's place in the West, and some genuinely spicy disagreements about Zionism, Qasim Soleimani, and whether economic entanglement actually prevents war. The two do not agree on everything, and that is the point. Expect sharp historical detail on the Astana process, the fall of Assad, and Saudi Arabia's oil dependent trust fund politics, all wrapped in a conversation Ghost himself admits could have gone another hour. A dense, opinionated, occasionally combative watch for anyone who likes their geopolitics served with real pushback.

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