Escalation: Middle East war widens

The Intelligence from The Economist

The war in Iran has entered its fourth day with further American and Israeli strikes, and Iranian retaliation across the region. Now Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has launched a ground offensive in Lebanon. Attacks on Tehran involved the use of Artificial Intelligence, so why is the Pentagon picking a fight with Anthropic, its supplier? And Pokémon turns 30.

Watch “The Insider” on Iran: Economist experts ask what will happen next


Guests and host:

  • Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
  • Henry Tricks, US technology editor
  • Moeka Iida, Japan correspondent
  • Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • War in Iran, America, Israel, Lebanon, Hizbullah, Middle East
  • Anthropic, OpenAI, Claude, Artificial Intelligence 
  • Pokemon, media


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The war in Iran has entered its fourth day with further American and Israeli strikes, and Iranian retaliation across the region. Now Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has launched a ground offensive in Lebanon. Attacks on Tehran involved the use of Artificial Intelligence, so why is the Pentagon picking a fight with Anthropic, its supplier? And Pokémon turns 30.

Watch “The Insider” on Iran: Economist experts ask what will happen next


Guests and host:

  • Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
  • Henry Tricks, US technology editor
  • Moeka Iida, Japan correspondent
  • Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • War in Iran, America, Israel, Lebanon, Hizbullah, Middle East
  • Anthropic, OpenAI, Claude, Artificial Intelligence 
  • Pokemon, media


Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+


For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2026-03-03 24 min
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