The De-Escalatory Logic That Will Shape Negotiations; Venezuela’s Treacherous Recovery;  For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon
Foreign Affairs This Week

April 17, 2026 | View in Browser | Sponsored by The Lionel Gelber Prize and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

 

This week’s highlights:

- Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Will Hold by Gideon Rose

- Venezuela’s Treacherous Recovery by Moisés Naím

- For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon by Miad Maleki

- How to End the Iran Crisis by Federica Mogherini and Sahil V. Shah

- Podcast: Matias Spektor and Kishore Mahbubani on how the Iran war is shaping a post-American world

- The Tech High Ground by Jake Sullivan

- What the Iran War Means for the “Axis of Resistance” by Hamidreza Azizi

 

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A billboard near the site of U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 2026

Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Will Hold

The De-Escalatory Logic That Will Shape Negotiations

By Gideon Rose

 
Waving Venezuelan flags during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, March 2026 

Venezuela’s Treacherous Recovery

The Peril and Promise of an Economic Boom

By Moisés Naím

 
At the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman, April 2026 

For Iran, Hormuz Is More a Weakness Than a Weapon

How a U.S. Blockade Threatens the Regime’s Grip

By Miad Maleki

 
At a rally in support of Iranian leaders, Tehran, April 2026

How to End the Iran Crisis

Tehran Needs Positive Incentives, Not Just Pressure

By Federica Mogherini and Sahil V. Shah

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