U.S.-South Korea Military Drills, Iran Nuclear Deal Diplomacy, Ukraine’s Independence Day, and More
The United States and South Korea hold joint military drills amid mounting tough rhetoric from North Korea; nuclear deal negotiations continue as Iran responds to the European Union’s most recent draft of a revived agreement; and Ukraine marks its Independence Day six months after the Russian invasion began.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Max Boot, “Why Kyiv’s ‘Thousand Bee Sting’ Strategy is Costing Russia Dearly,” Washington Post
Jessica Chen Weiss, “The China Trap,” Foreign Affairs
Steven Cook and Martin Indyk, “The Case for a New U.S.-Saudi Strategic Compact,” Council on Foreign Relations
Nicholas Pelham, “MBS: Despot in the Desert,” The Economist
Karim Sadjadpour, “What the U.S. Gets Wrong About Iran,” New York Times
Stephen Sestanovich, “Putin’s Strategy in Ukraine,” The President’s Inbox
Scott Snyder, “Why North Korea Might Reject Yoon Suk-yeol’s Audacious Initiative,” CFR.org
