While media attention
fixates on Iran, a broader strategic shift is unfolding as great powers
act in their own sovereign interests, with Trump identifying Zelenskyy
as the obstacle to peace and Russia naming Britain as the saboteur.
Susan Kokinda
Today's
Monday Brief with Susan Kokinda argues that while media attention
fixates on Iran, a broader strategic shift is unfolding as great powers
act in their own sovereign interests. It highlights President Trump's
statements portraying Putin as willing to make a deal and Zelenskyy as
the obstacle, alongside Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth stressing
that U.S. objectives in Iran differ from Israel's, including a reported
message to stop striking domestic economic targets. It then examines
Russia's Foreign Ministry explicitly blaming Britain for using Storm
Shadow missiles in Bryansk and for trying to derail U.S.-led peace
efforts, amid Zelenskyy's threat toward Hungary's Viktor Orban and EU
condemnation. Finally, it notes Russia and China abstaining—not
vetoing—a UN Security Council resolution condemning Iran's missile and
drone attacks on Gulf states, framing these moves as evidence the old
paradigm of permanent conflict is breaking down.
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05:25 Russia Ups the Ante, Britain Named as the Saboteur
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