Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Full conversation: nonzero.org/p/is-peace-breaking-out-in-the-middle

0:00 Headlines
5:00 Why the PKK's disbanding should be the biggest news of the week
9:57 How did Turkey get the PKK to lay down arms?
13:22 A breakthrough for Turkey-Iraq relations
20:10 How Syrian Kurds are trying to make nice with Damascus
26:44 The end of US sanctions on Syria
34:04 Rebuilding a shattered state
37:17 Turkey and Israel: Syria caught in the middle

Discussed in Overtime:
Trump rails against "neocons."
Shifting incentives in the Middle East.
An optimistic take on US-Iran talks.
How hawks mislead Americans about Iran's nuclear program.

Recorded May 16, 2025.

Read this week's edition of the Earthling: nonzero.org/p/a-monumental-week-in-the-middle-east

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