War on Iran is part of US plan for global domination: Economist Michael Hudson explains

War on Iran is part of the US empire’s larger attempt to re-impose its unipolar dominance on the global political and financial system, argues economist Michael Hudson. Washington wants to preserve dollar hegemony and the petrodollar, while disrupting BRICS and Eurasian integration with China and Russia.

By Michael Hudson and Ben Norton

June 27, 2025

War on Iran is part of the US empire’s larger attempt to re-impose its unipolar dominance on the global political and financial system, argues economist Michael Hudson.

Washington wants to preserve dollar hegemony and the petrodollar, while disrupting BRICS and Eurasian integration with China and Russia.

Hudson explained this in the following interview with Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton.

You can read Michael Hudson’s article here: War on Iran is fight for US unipolar control of world.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEXReFGb24

Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy

Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/27/war-iran-us-unipolarity-michael-hudson/

PDF: MHBN27.6.2025

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