Lawrence Freedman
This post was largely written yesterday with the aim of identifying a possible way forward to bring an end to the Iran War. This morning Reuters is reporting that Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been in contact ‘all night long’ with US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to come up with a plan to be known as the ‘Islamabad Accords’. Under the proposal, a ceasefire would take effect immediately, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with 15–20 days to finalise a broader settlement. The report also notes that buy in from Iran is uncertain.
My post looks at the two alternative approaches adopted by President Trump to ending the war and why neither of them currently works, and then the challenges facing Iran. I take a critical look at the Pakistani plan and end with a suggestion that I haven’t seen made elsewhere (for understandable reasons!)
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