How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East w/ Laleh Khalili
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How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East
Laleh Khalili
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss how the United States uses its control of key technologies to shift global power dynamics, and how that specifically plays out in the Middle East.
Guest
Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and author of the forthcoming book Extractive Capitalism.
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Links
- Laleh mentions Iran’s accusations towards Meta regarding WhatsApp.
- Tech executives are joining the US army.
- Laleh mentioned The Global Interior by Megan Black.
- Several years ago, Israel used an AI-assisted gun to kill an Iranian nuclear scientist.