Can the Middle East ceasefire hold?

Can the Middle East ceasefire hold?

This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up here to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. It’s still not clear who will turn up in Islamabad tomorrow for the first round of talks aimed at turning the 14-day ceasefire in the Iran war into a permanent end to the crisis. Indeed, it’s not at all certain that the ceasefire will still even exist by the…

A Middle East ceasefire cools the dollar

After over a month of conflict in the Middle East, the week just gone finally saw a ceasefire between the US and Iran. Admittedly, this break in hostilities looks shaky, and only a two-week pause has been agreed to as of now. Still, this creates the space for negotiations which are expected to take place in the coming weeks, offering markets hope that normality might soon return to global energy supply. That prospect has helped to push oil price…