Middle East/geopolitics/diplomacy analyst. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. More info here: https://www.daliadassakaye.net/.
Seeing reports that US-Iran talks are collapsing before they’ve started.
Lots of focus on format but core issue is lack of clarity about what talks are about.
Just like lack of clarity about goal of military strikes.
And the stakes are much higher after the mass killing of protesters.
