President Trump Threatens to Blockade the Strait of Hormuz; Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken on His Experience Negotiating with Iran

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Fareed Zakaria discusses President Trump's threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz with various experts on US-Iran relations and its implications for global energy prices.

After President Trump announced that the US would blockade the Strait of Hormuz, Fareed asks retired Admiral James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, what it would take to execute it. Next, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins the show for an exclusive conversation about his own experience negotiating with Iran. Then, since the beginning of the conflict, Iran has launched retaliatory strikes against Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others. Fareed speaks with Tarek Masoud, director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative about how this has impacted the relationship between the United States and its allies in the Gulf. Finally, Karen Young, senior fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, joins the show to discuss the potential impact on global energy prices if President Trump moves to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. GUESTS: James Stavridis (@stavridisj), Antony Blinken (@ABlinken), Tarek Masoud (@MiddleEast_HKS), Karen Young (@ProfessorKaren) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Fareed Zakaria

Guests: James Stavridis, Antony Blinken, Tarek Masoud, Karen Young

Topics covered

• Strait of Hormuz
• US-Iran relations
• global energy prices
• military strategy
• Middle East politics

Keywords

• Trump
• blockade
• Strait of Hormuz
• Iran
• negotiation
• energy prices
• Middle East
• Saudi Arabia
• UAE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Kennedy School, Center on Global Energy Policy

Places: United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Gulf

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