{"podcast":{"title":"Global Security Briefing","slug":"global-security-briefing-3268408","podcast_index_feed_id":3268408,"rss_url":"https://globalsecuritybriefing.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.rusi.org/projects/global-security-briefing-podcast-series","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/2/c/0/e2c01b74559da505e55e3c100dce7605/RUSI_013-Global-Security-Briefing-Square_2000x2000px_v1.png","author":"The Royal United Services Institute","episode_count":100,"summary":"Global Security Briefing provides regular insights from leading international experts to help you make sense of the far-reaching changes affecting international security around the globe. Hosted by analysts from RUSI's International Security Studies team, the podcast looks at how the UK can best shape its foreign and security policies in an increasingly dynamic international environment. The Global Security Briefing channel is also host to a back-catalogue of episodes from the concluded RUSI podcasts 'Bridging the Oceans' and 'Mind the Gulf'. Running from 2020 to 2023, 'Bridging the Oceans' aimed to create a platform to discuss the key defence and security questions of the world's most dynamic region: the Indo-Pacific. Hosted by Veerle Nouwens, it explored what the Indo-Pacific is, where its limits lie, and what the fast-evolving defence and security issues are in this dynamic part of the world. Running from January to May 2022, the 'Mind the Gulf' Podcast Series explored how the Iranian nuclear programme – and international diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – interacts with regional security dynamics and the wider Middle East. The views or stateme…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T22:20:21.392704+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408"},"episode":{"title":"No Easy Off-Ramp: Iran, the US and the Search for a Deal","slug":"no-easy-off-ramp-iran-the-us-and-the-search-for-a-deal","published_at":"2026-06-03T12:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408/no-easy-off-ramp-iran-the-us-and-the-search-for-a-deal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408","url":"https://globalsecuritybriefing.libsyn.com/no-easy-off-ramp-iran-the-us-and-the-search-for-a-deal","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260602_GSB_E121_Ali_Ansari_Burcu_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395","summary":"Are we seeing the potential for a diplomatic off-ramp in the latest phase of the Iran crisis, or just another pause in a much longer confrontation? The broad picture at the beginning of June 2026 is that the US and Iran appear to be trying to move from immediate crisis management to a more structured negotiation, but the process remains extremely fragile. A reported 60-day ceasefire extension would, in theory, create space for talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing some economic pressure on Iran, and eventually addressing nuclear concerns. But the hardest issues remain unresolved: Iran's enriched uranium, the future of its nuclear programme, sanctions relief, security guarantees, and the sequencing of who moves first. In this episode, Professor Ali Ansari, RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security at RUSI, joins host Dr Burcu Ozcelik, to explore the following topics: - What Tehran wants from the current round of talks. - Understanding Iran's insistence that Lebanon be included in the ceasefire. - How much room does the Iranian leadership have to compromise, after war and economic pressure, in the renewed negotiations with Washington? - After spending decades studying the way the US fights wars, has Iran read the US more accurately than Washington and Israel have read Iran?","meta_description":"Are we seeing the potential for a diplomatic off-ramp in the latest phase of the Iran crisis, or just another pause in a much longer confrontation? The br…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2505,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-security-briefing-3268408/episodes/no-easy-off-ramp-iran-the-us-and-the-search-for-a-deal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408/no-easy-off-ramp-iran-the-us-and-the-search-for-a-deal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}