Christian Smith

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662 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 13 Aug

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Talking Geopolitics · Why the US-Iran Deal Could End in Crisis · 18 Jun 2026 podcast

Is it not a step in the right direction though?

It's a it's a help from where we were before, particularly with the Strait of Hormoes.

Let me ask then, I mean I mean do you think and we might come into this a bit later with a bit more detail, but initially, do you think that a deal can be done then?

Yeah, and let's come on to Israel a bit later, 'cause that is a very, very interesting, unanswered question.

I mean many people obviously look at this and say and I think uh d obviously a partisan view, but Elizabeth Warren was was saying this week the fact that she thinks the US has got nothing out of this.

If you look at what's happened at the moment that we've got an agreement to negotiate over the nuclear stuff.

The Strait of Hormuz is open, which it wasn't closed before the war anyway.

A number of other things have been going on

three quarters apparently of Iran's missiles are still intact or their their missile launching capability are

It's not a good look for the US, is it, George?

You mentioned Pakistan earlier.

What do you make of their role here?

Well Pakistan obviously has had its work cut out for it.

I think particularly one of the things that's interesting about this uh this this war is the pressure that all of the the main three players are under.

How does that affect where we are now and where we will go from here?

From the US point of view, obviously one of the suggestions that China, for example, has always had about the US is that they know that they can often wait until the next president comes along who might have a different point of view before agreeing to any form of major concession.

Is that the same thing Iran can do here, or are they in such a under such pressure that they they can't really afford that?

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