Will the Cease-Fire With Iran Hold?

About this episode

The episode discusses the temporary cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran and its implications.

On Tuesday night, as the world held its collective breath, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a temporary cease-fire with Iran, just hours after warning that “a whole civilization will die” if the Iranian regime did not completely open the Strait of Hormuz. In exchange for a cessation of American and Israeli strikes, Iran has agreed to allow oil and other commodities to pass through the strait for two weeks and to stop its own attacks on its neighbors, giving both sides time to negotiate a more comprehensive peace deal. But many of the details of the cease-fire remain unclear, as do its chances of holding. A war that began with Trump’s call for regime change now seems destined to leave the Iranian regime in place, emboldened and more certain of its resilience than ever before. Suzanne Maloney is vice president of the Brookings Institution and director of its Foreign Policy program. She has helped craft U.S. Middle East policy, serving in positions in the White House and the State Department across multiple administrations. Executive Editor Justin Vogt spoke with her on the morning of Wednesday, April 8, to help make sense of the cease-fire and get a grasp on what might come…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Vogt

Guest: Suzanne Maloney

Topics covered

• cease-fire
• Iran
• U.S. foreign policy
• Middle East
• negotiation
• Trump administration

Keywords

• cease-fire
• Iran
• Trump
• Middle East policy
• negotiation
• foreign affairs
• Brookings Institution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brookings Institution

Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz, United States, Israel

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