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Jun 12 2026 
Prof Marandi : Iran’s moral foreign policy
Mohammad Marandi joins us to discuss the future of the US-Iran conflict, the prospects for peace, and the rapidly changing balance of power in West Asia. In this interview we discuss: • Is peace finally within reach after months of conflict? • Why the end of the Gaza genocide may be essential for any lasting… Continue reading
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Jun 12 2026 
Alastair Crooke on Danny Haiphong – Good solid analysis as it seems the game has started again
I won’t use Danny’s video title here as it does not represent this conversation. The beat goes on.
The He Said / She Said game has started again. A friend quips to print your T-Shirt: “Peace has never been this close!”
Earlier, we posted up a discussion on Pakistan by the Valdai Club. Pakistan’s New Role in… Continue reading
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Jun 12 2026 
The ICC: He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune
Strategic Culture … Continue reading
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Jun 12 2026 
Lebanon’s rulers have surrendered the country to Israel – this is no ceasefire
US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh during a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations in Washington on 3 June, 2026 (AFP)
Middle East Eye – Amal Saad
What is presented as a cessation of hostilities is not the withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon, but the removal of Lebanese citizens… Continue reading -
Jun 12 2026 
IRNA News Agency – The broad outlines of the draft memorandum of understanding
From Marwa Osman
I’ve bolded four major requirements that we are all waiting for.
IRNA News Agency
– The broad outlines of the draft memorandum of understanding do not currently include any agreement on the nuclear file.
– The memorandum imposes no new obligations on Iran, and its peaceful nuclear program will remain unchanged while negotiations on… Continue reading
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Jun 12 2026 
Pakistan’s New Role in the Difficult Iran-US Dialogue
Valdai Discussion Club
Pakistan’s mediation may ultimately prove historically significant without becoming structurally transformative. That paradox is common to intermediary powers operating during periods of systemic transition, Javairyah Kulthum Aatif writes.
In diplomatic history, the naming of a process matters because it transforms geography into political infrastructure. Geneva, Oslo and Doha became more than venues; they evolved… Continue reading
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Jun 12 2026 
Eurotroika’s terms of Ukrainian settlement unacceptable — Russian diplomat
Maria Zakharova pointed out that the Europeans are pursuing a course aimed at “preventing the creation of conditions for negotiations on a truly comprehensive, just and lasting peace”
MOSCOW, June 11. /TASS/. The Eurotroika (the United Kingdom, Germany, and France) have proposed conditions for a settlement in Ukraine that are clearly unacceptable to Moscow, Russian Foreign… Continue reading
