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Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of FDD, joins Aaron to discuss the ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. What are the fears surrounding the talks? Where are the two sides close on the proposed ceasefire, and where are they miles apart? What should we look for to indicate how the talks are going? Looming over everything is the question of whether the negotiating table can, at times, be more dangerous than the battlefield.
Times:
02:03 Nature of the ceasefire
04:22 Do we have the upper hand?
08:04 Trump vs. Iranian trap
09:31 Iran’s fragile position
11:49 Broader American strategy
14:59 Negotiation demands
18:57 Lebanon factor
22:48 Who is Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf?
27:45 J.D. Vance’s analogy
30:44 Strait of Hormuz
33:03 Recession fears
36:29 Hormuz circumvention
38:05 Battle for Hormuz
39:00 Global chokepoint lessons
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Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of FDD, joins Aaron to discuss the ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. What are the fears surrounding the talks? Where are the two sides close on the proposed ceasefire, and where are they miles apart? What should we look for to indicate how the talks are going? Looming over everything is the question of whether the negotiating table can, at times, be more dangerous than the battlefield.
Times:
02:03 Nature of the ceasefire
04:22 Do we have the upper hand?
08:04 Trump vs. Iranian trap
09:31 Iran’s fragile position
11:49 Broader American strategy
14:59 Negotiation demands
18:57 Lebanon factor
22:48 Who is Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf?
27:45 J.D. Vance’s analogy
30:44 Strait of Hormuz
33:03 Recession fears
36:29 Hormuz circumvention
38:05 Battle for Hormuz
39:00 Global chokepoint lessons
Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast
Find more content on our School of War Substack

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