Episode Notes:

Last week, Iran and Pakistan traded missile strikes across their border, raising even further fears of a regional escalation of the war in Gaza. Madiha Afzal, a fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution joined the WarCast to tell us more about the strikes and tensions between the two countries.

[:38] What happened between Iran and Pakistan?

[3:19] Why is this happening now?

[7:16] Why was there such a rapid deescalation?