Myself and
@ConflictedThom return to bring you up to date on all the latest manoeuvrings in the Middle East.
Aimen and Thomas discuss:
•Trump’s chaotic, micromanaged Iran diplomacy and reliance on inexperienced “real estate” advisers.
•Pakistan, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, and Egypt as flawed or compromised mediators with “skin in the game.”
•Why Aimen thinks Switzerland would be the proper neutral US–Iran mediator.
•Oman’s tilt toward Iran amid assumptions of American decline and future Iranian regional weight.
•The UAE–Saudi split over Iran: Emirati hawkishness versus Saudi caution and strategic bruising.
•Saudi resentment over Yemen, Houthi attacks, Israel’s freer hand, and lack of US security guarantees.
•Israel, Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Iran: efforts to decouple the Lebanon front from the US–Iran track.
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