Who is the best placed interlocutor between Presidents Putin and Zelensky – Bennett? Scholz? Erdogan? Answer – all of them. They are all working in public, and behind the scenes, to mediate the peace deal to end this madness. Also in the frame are Biden and Xi. The faint lines of the compromises necessary can be seen. It’ll take a lot of work to fill them in.
Expect a far harsher Israeli response to Iran than in April
Tehran will be thinking through how far it wants to take this, even as the ground moves beneath its feet.
