S8 Ep797: 11. Headline: Stalled Diplomacy and the Strategic Value of International Waterways Guest: Edmund Fitton-Brown Summary: President Trump canceled high-level meetings in Islamabad, citing fragmented Iranian leadership. Iran has offered to reopen the Straits

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The episode discusses the implications of stalled diplomacy and the strategic value of international waterways, featuring insights from guest Edmund Fitton-Brown.

11. Headline: Stalled Diplomacy and the Strategic Value of International Waterways Guest: Edmund Fitton-Brown Summary: President Trump canceled high-level meetings in Islamabad , citing fragmented Iranian leadership. Iran has offered to reopen the Straits of Hormuz in exchange for nuclear concessions, but experts argue this would be an American retreat and suggest maintaining the economic blockade instead. 11 1962 YEMEN

People in this episode

Host: John Batchelor

Guest: Edmund Fitton-Brown

Topics covered

• diplomacy
• international relations
• Iran
• U.S. foreign policy
• economic blockade
• waterways

Keywords

• diplomacy
• Iran
• Straits of Hormuz
• President Trump
• economic blockade
• international waterways
• U.S. foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Islamabad, Iran, Straits of Hormuz

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