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Source: The Cradle youtube, brixsweden.org

Description: Dr. Hussein Askary is the Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute (brixsweden.org) in Sweden. He is also the West Asia Coordinator for the International Schiller Institute and has been a geoeconomic analyst since 1996.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:16 Understanding Geoeconomics Through Physical Reality
00:02:16 The Struggle for Power in Post-2003 Iraq
00:06:35 Foreign Influence and Internal Resistance in Iraq
00:11:54 Regional Powers Recalibrate in a Changing Landscape
00:16:40 From Oil Wealth to Development with China
00:23:11 Beyond Trade: Integrating Infrastructure for Growth
00:32:41 Breaking Colonial Divides Through Connected Infrastructure
00:41:31 Navigating Sanctions and Regional Economic Shifts
00:55:38 Gaza, Azerbaijan, and Eastern Med Geopolitics
01:02:57 Long-Term Agreements for Global Energy Stability
01:06:20 Reader-Funded Journalism for Independent Analysis

Source: Transition Protocol youtube

Description:
The US and Iran have reached a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with a signing set for Friday in Geneva and roughly $24 billion in frozen Iranian funds on the table over a 60-day negotiation. But the public story isn't the whole story.

In this episode, veteran analyst Larry Johnson and Zulfiqar Ali reveal what sources at the table are telling them: that China — and Xi Jinping personally — pressured Iran to sign, that half of Iran's own delegation wanted to keep fighting, and that Israel's continued offensive in Lebanon could detonate the entire accord within days.

We break down what's CONFIRMED (the Geneva Accord, the Hormuz reopening, the $24B, Pakistan's mediation), what's DEVELOPING (the China pressure, the Gulf realignment), and what remains a single-source claim (Chinese missiles in combat, the Khamenei reinterment).

Larry Johnson is a former CIA officer and counterterrorism analyst; Zulfiqar Ali reports direct sourcing from the Islamabad–Tehran channel. Transition Protocol / Power Shift — source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis of the multipolar world. Like and subscribe for daily breakdowns.