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MOU Without Substance, Israel's Veto & HIMARS in the Strait | Jun 11
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
The US-Iran deal text remains unseen while Trump and Tehran offer irreconcilable accounts — and Israel has already rejected its terms. Today's geopolitics briefing covers five consequential developments shaping the next 60 days.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Trump says Iran agreed to nuclear disarmament and an end to proxy support. Iran says that's not what's on the table.
While US and Iranian negotiators work toward a framework, Israeli Defense Minister Katz made the Israeli position explicit. Israel will not withdraw from Lebanon, Syria, or Gaza, regardless of what a draft ceasefire agreement says about all fronts.
While talks were underway, the US military shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones targeting commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The timing tells you something.
Away from the Middle East, India's water minister announced that not a single drop will flow to Pakistan. That's the first concrete policy statement since India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty in May, following allegations over a Kashmir terror attack that Pakistan denies.
Taiwan conducted its first live-fire HIMARS exercise into the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. Previous HIMARS training was coastal-only.
Ukraine will bring a twenty billion dollar request to the Ramstein contact group on June eighteenth. The breakdown is specific: three point three billion in operational shortfalls, two point six billion in salary gaps, plus air defense, drones, ammunition, and electronic warfare systems.
The thread connecting most of today's developments is the same one. The distance between what's being claimed and what can be verified.
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