“The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.”
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Why Trump’s Coercive Diplomacy Should Now Focus on ‘Diplomacy’
I write for the Middle East Institute-NUS on how US President Trump’s coercive diplomacy towards Iran should now focus on diplomatic efforts, following the exchange of blows between Tehran and Tel Aviv, which came to a head with US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Regime change, as the president threatened, will not be helpful as
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[Live Media Appearance] G7 Meeting in Alberta; Iran-Israel Conflict
I was on BBC News earlier on the morning (SGT) of June 17, while the G7 meeting in Alberta was still transpiring, discussing how President Trump seems to rely heavily on coercive diplomacy to force Iran to negotiate — all that despite Israel’s initiation of the state-on-state actions (which had scuttled last Sunday’s nuclear talks).
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The Gulf Appears Exempt from US Demands on Others
My latest write-up ✍️ for Middle East Institute – NUS reflects on Secretary of Defense Peth Hegseth’s remarks at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue, but from a Middle Eastern/Gulf angle. I shared my thoughts on burden-sharing, hedging, and entanglements. READ HERE.
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