About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of the US-Iran ceasefire, India's geopolitical rise, and the unfulfilled Gaza Peace Fund.

Is the US-Iran ceasefire real — or a convenient fiction? In this edition of The World According to Irina Tsukerman — the bi-weekly geopolitical series on KAJ Masterclass LIVE — host Khudania Ajay (KAJ) sits down with Irina Tsukerman, US-based national security and human rights lawyer, geopolitical analyst, and Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Outsider, to dissect a Middle East in controlled chaos: why Trump keeps treating a violated ceasefire as intact, what Iran is actually waiting out, and how the Strait of Hormuz blockade is quietly strangling economies from Kuwait to India. The conversation expands outward — Venezuela's interim leader visiting New Delhi, Marco Rubio's maintenance diplomacy in India, China's conspicuous absence from the Shangri-La Dialogue, and Japan's quiet transformation into a serious regional security actor. Each thread connects: energy dependence, supply chain fragility, and the realignment of middle powers in an era of great-power competition. The episode closes on Gaza's Board of Peace — $17 billion pledged, zero transferred, and a reconstruction mandate with no money behind it. Support independent journalism: https://kajmasterclass.com

People in this episode

Host: Khudania Ajay

Guest: Irina Tsukerman

Topics covered

• US-Iran relations
• geopolitical analysis
• Middle East conflict
• energy dependence
• great-power competition
• international diplomacy
• human rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Washington Outsider

Places: Iran, US, Strait of Hormuz, Kuwait, India, Venezuela, New Delhi, China, Japan, Gaza

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