"The sort of immediate and urgent crisis is Iran, and it's not the nuclear program, it's the strait," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri tells Bloomberg. "He will be seeking to see whether China will do anything to help unlock that."
"I think for the US president, the number one thing is really the Strait [of Hormuz], not the nuclear issue," said Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri while discussing the stalled peace talks between the US and Iran on the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast.
The Iran war’s ripple effects risk obscuring festering divisions within the Southeast Asian bloc—most notably its inability to develop a region-wide approach to Washington and Beijing.
"Given deepening coordination among adversaries, increased cooperation among US partners is a positive development," the Council's Ariane Tabatabai writes for War on the Rocks.
"I think all parties would like to see some regular traffic through the strait," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says. "The problem is that even if we get there, Iran is still going to have this . . . this incredible tool that it can play."
"It's an important sign of political commitment to follow through with the Canada-Mexico Action Plan . . . to take meaningful steps to growing the bilateral economic relationship," says Council Distinguished Nonresident Fellow Julián Ventura.
As Secretary Rubio heads to India, the Indo-Pacific is on edge as US priorities shift, and the Quad is being tested. Derek Grossman explains what’s at stake.
The contest to succeed António Guterres is underway. As candidates put forward their visions, the more pressing question is what kind of leader the moment demands.
