Boroujerdi, Citrinowicz & Feichtinger: THE IRAN WAR: FROM REGIONAL CONFLICT TO GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES

ONLINE EVENT via Zoom on 24 March 2026





Gudrun Harrer in conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Danny
Citrinowicz and Walter Feichtinger





THE IRAN WAR: FROM REGIONAL CONFLICT TO GLOBAL
CONSEQUENCES





The Iran war and its political and economic repercussions in the
region – even if eventually it should be halted – carry the
danger to evolve into one of the most consequential geopolitical
crises in recent years. The conflict began on 28 February 2026,
when coordinated airstrikes by the United States and Israel
targeted sites across Iran, triggering a wave of Iranian
retaliatory missile and drone attacks against Israel and Arab
countries. What US president Donald Trump thought to be a limited
strategic military operation against the Iranian regime has since
expanded into a wider confrontation affecting multiple countries,
global energy markets, and international security.


This panel discussion will examine the causes, escalation
dynamics, and potential outcomes of the conflict. We will react
to latest developments.





Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Vice Provost and Dean of
College of Arts, Sciences, and Education at Missouri University
of Science and Technology.





Danny Citrinowicz, nonresident fellow with the
Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs, fellow at the Institute
for National Security Studies. Previously, he was senior fellow
at the Institute of Policy and Strategy (IPS) and the Abba Eban
institute at Reichman University.





Walter Feichtinger, former Austrian brigadier in
the Austrian Armed Forces and a political scientist. From 2002 to
2020, he was Director of the Institute for Peacekeeping and
Conflict Management at the National Defence Academy in Vienna.





Moderation:


Gudrun Harrer, Lecturer in Modern History and
Politics of the Near and Middle East at the University of Vienna
and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna; former Senior Editor at Der
Standard (until 2025).