Jennifer Welsh on Israel-Iran Tensions and What鈥檚 at Stake at the G7 Summit | CBC Radio
June 15, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh joined CBC Radio鈥檚 The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay to analyze how rising tensions between Israel and Iran are shaping the global security landscape鈥攋ust as G7 leaders gather in Alberta. Speaking alongside former Canadian ambassador Arif Lalani, Welsh described Israel鈥檚 latest military strikes as unusually ambitious in scale and timing. She emphasized that the attacks appear strategically aimed at delaying or derailing renewed U.S.-Iran nuclear talks and exploiting a moment of perceived Iranian vulnerability, with its regional proxies weakened. Citing recent reports that Iran breached the Non-Proliferation Treaty for the first time in two decades, Welsh argued the operation had long been in the works and reflected Prime Minister Netanyahu鈥檚 broader ambitions to confront what he views as an existential threat.
