Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

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Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott is a news podcast hosted by Elise Labott, with 66 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Elise Labott hosts Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott, a news show with 66 episodes published.

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  The deal Iran really wants

  May 8, 202641 minS0

  <p>If you’re trying to follow the current state of the Iran war without losing your mind, retired military officers, former officials or Washington journalists are probably not the people to call. You call Arash Azizi. </p><p>Because while Washington is busy arguing over whether a naval skirmish in the Strait of Hormuz counts as a ceasefire violation, a “love tap,” or the opening act of World War III, Arash is focused on something more useful: what Iran actually wants.</p><p>And right now, that may be the most important question in the region.</p><p>When we spo...

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  Live with Elise Labott: Lebanon on the edge

  Apr 30, 202637 minS0

  <p>Iran, Lebanon, the King’s speech, the WHCD shooting and more…. Danielle Pletka and I are back in full force! Join us TODAY at 5:30 ET for some cocktails and what promises to be a lively discussion. </p><p>We had an audio glitch at the very end of the last question, but by then the essential point was clear: Lebanon is not just another front in the Iran war. It is where that war’s contradictions are most exposed — and where any real resolution will be tested.</p><p>In a wide-ranging conversation with former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon...

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  Hot takes happy hour with Elise and Dany

  Apr 18, 202631 minS0

  <p>Lebanon is having a moment, people! After decades of successive government failures, Hezbollah’s stranglehold on the country, and Iran pulling the strings of its very own “Party of God” terrorist army — complete with missiles tucked behind hospitals and under UN posts — there may finally be a window. Trump picked up the phone, brokered a ceasefire (for now), and told Netanyahu and Lebanon’s new president to get in a room, which could help the President in negotiations with Iran. Whether this is an Abraham Accords moment or just a diplomatic sugar high remains to be seen, but we’ll take it.</p...

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  Economic chicken with a side of nuclear talks

  Apr 15, 202641 minS0

  <p>Seven weeks in, the war with Iran has morphed into an economic game of chicken — with a side order of nuclear negotiation.</p><p>Having failed to get Iran to capitulate on the battlefield, the United States is now trying to squeeze Tehran into submission financially. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week called the naval blockade “the financial equivalent of the bombing campaign.” Iran’s answer was to threaten to shut down trade across the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Red Sea entirely. Both sides are turning the screws. Neither is blinking. And somehow, in the middle of all this...

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  John Bolton on the Iran war's strategic drift

  Apr 8, 202633 minS0

  <p>For a brief moment Tuesday night, it looked like the Iran war might end the way it had unfolded — abruptly, ambiguously, and with more questions than answers.</p><p>After a day of escalating threats — including a warning from President Trump that “a whole civilization” could be wiped out — the United States and Iran agreed to an 11th-hour cease-fire. The deal, brokered through intermediaries including Pakistan, pauses hostilities for two weeks and allows conditional passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the artery through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil flows.</p><p>Markets rallied. Oil prices dropped. The...

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