About this episode

The episode discusses the UK and France's plans to secure the Strait of Hormuz and the implications of excluding the US from these discussions.

France and the UK are to meet with “non-belligerent” countries to discuss how best to police the waterway after a ceasefire. How will excluding the US play out? Plus: the UK rejoins the EU’s Erasmus exchange scheme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• international relations
• military strategy
• diplomacy
• UK politics
• EU relations

Keywords

• Macron
• Starmer
• Strait of Hormuz
• US exclusion
• Erasmus exchange
• UK politics
• EU

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US, EU

Places: Strait of Hormuz

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