September 22, 2026
Bloomberg Economics' Becca Wasser and Dina Esfandiary Talk Iran Conflict
With President Trump set to meet Gulf leaders on the sidelines of this week’s UN meetings, the Iran war is likely to take center stage. Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia and rising energy prices underscore the widening global toll of a war that has cost the US more than $43 billion, by the Pentagon’s latest estimate. Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security Becca Wasser and Dina Esfandiary, Middle East Geoeconomics Lead for Bloomberg Economics speak with Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney.
Listen to the full interview on Bloomberg.
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