Anti-Regime Protests in Iran, and Trump’s Security Shakedown in Asia

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Frederick Deknatel talk about the widespread popular protests in Iran, and what the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrators reveals. They also discuss the U.S. defense secretary’s visit to South Korea and what it says about U.S. policy in Asia.

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