From Budapest to Beirut to Tehran: Perspectives from Across the Pond

Three shocks. Three fronts. One world shifting fast. In Hungary, Péter Magyar topples Viktor Orbán’s grip. In Washington, Lebanese–Israeli talks edge beyond ceasefire toward something more consequential—rattling players from Hezbollah to Emmanuel Macron. And after failed diplomacy in Islamabad, U.S. Vice President JD Vance now faces a new phase: an American naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, squeezing Tehran’s lifeline. Host Cliff May sits down with FDD experts Edmund Fitton-Brown and Simone Rodan-Benzaquen to make sense of a moment that may redraw the map.

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From Budapest to Beirut to Tehran: Perspectives from Across the Pond is an episode from Foreign Podicy by FDD.

This episode is 00:51:25 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2026.

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