About this episode

This episode covers recent US sanctions on Iran, the dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the collapse of US-Canada trade talks among other global news.

Subscribe now⁠ for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. American Prestige brand MREs use Argentinian beef, but don't worry, it's the good kind. In this week’s news: the US launches a new sanctions campaign against Iran (1:36); Iran and Oman negotiate the management of the Strait of Hormuz (5:50); a Haitian gang killing (9:28); the Israeli government takes bids for its E1 settlement (12:00); the US removes Syria from the terrorism sponsors list (14:38); the Syrian Democratic Forces announces its dissolution (15:51); Trump submits the Saudi nuclear deal to Congress (18:39); progress is made in negotiations between the DRC and M23 (23:46); the Ebola outbreak in the DRC continues to expand (26:33); the CIA director visits Russia (28:14); US-Canada trade talks collapse (31:17); and the United States prepares a deep sea mining auction around overseas territories (35:42). Catch a replay of last night's livestream. Don't forget Derek's Substack, ⁠Foreign Exchanges⁠. Enjoy Danny's new Substack, I⁠mperialist Realism⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Davison, Daniel Bessner

Topics covered

• US sanctions
• Middle East politics
• Syria
• trade negotiations
• gang violence
• international relations
• Ebola outbreak

Keywords

• sanctions
• Iran
• Syria
• trade talks
• Ebola
• Middle East
• gang violence
• international relations

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Organizations: American Prestige

Places: Iran, Oman, Haiti, Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Russia

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