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Sunny Peter

Editor, Diplomacy & Politics

Editor (Diplomacy & Politics) — an independent international affairs publication. I write on power and its misuse, international law and who it protects, the Global South and the cost it pays. No neutrality. No noise. Just argument.

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Horrifically Lopsided
U.S. president Donald Trump signs the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding at the Palace of Versailles, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio standing behind Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron sitting next to Trump, and France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot standing behind Macron. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Horrifically Lopsided

The full text of the Islamabad Memorandum is public. CSIS calls it horrifically lopsided. Iran gets half its frozen assets before talks begin. The missiles, proxies and nuclear stockpile are untouched. The war cost between $34 and $42 billion.

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