Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Baghdad, Iraq, on the sidelines of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting. According to Mehr News Agency, the two discussed bilateral ties, regional developments and issues of mutual interest. @HakanFidan @araghchi #Iran# #Türkiye# #OIC# #MiddleEast# #RegionalDiplomacy# #ForeignPolicy# #BilateralTies# #PakistanTV#

Derek Hoffmann, Former US Diplomat, speaking from Washington DC, says the Trump administration must find a way out of the conflict that safeguards US interests and, more importantly, upholds American values and what the country stands for. @DHoff724 #Trump# #ForeignPolicy# #MiddleEastConflict# #Geopolitics# #ConflictResolution# #PakistanTV#

Derek Hoffmann, Former US Diplomat, speaking from Washington DC, says the rising diesel prices and limited options for relief are adding to the Trump administration’s challenges. He says growing public concern over inflation ahead of the midterm elections is narrowing its political room to sustain the conflict. @DHoff724 #Trump# #DieselPrices# #Inflation# #Diplomacy# #EconomicPressure# #ForeignPolicy# #PakistanTV#

Bridge Colby's "flexible realism" is just mumbo jumbo. Sure, engaging with Cambodia to challenge China makes sense. But otherwise, US allies and partners seek our sustained commitment based on more than transactionalism, circumstances, and arbitrary burden-sharing. Indeed, common principles and values are the glue that binds, and Bridge's approach discards them entirely. I'm also worried about a conscious deprioritization of the Indian Ocean replaced by an all-in strategy at the First Island Chain as well as Trump's penchant for wrecking everything regardless of Bridge's dreams (see US-ROK military drills this week). My latest piece for @ForeignPolicy explains.

FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY: "If it’s in January and they haven’t wrapped it up I would prefer something that would go back to a containment policy on Iran... I never think you abandon troops in the field. I never think that’s a good why. As a former soldier I think that’s a terrible idea." @MikeRogersForMI

On foreign policy, Trump has lived down to the expectations of his most pessimistic skeptics and broken every promise he gave or implied to his base, says @andreaskluth (via @opinion)

Shock-and-awe foreign policy offers hope of breakthroughs that would shore up the president’s position. The world should brace for more Trump shocks. He has no incentive to calm things down, writes @wrmead