The Armchair Perspectives Podcast explores U.S. President Donald Trump’s critical role in putting the conflict in West Asia to an end as he struggles to bring his own war with Iran to a close.

The much-anticipated truce talks between the United States and Iran broke down on Sunday. The war, raging since February 28 and which engulfed the entire Middle East and closed a critical global shipping route, now appears to be far from over with both sides using a convenient but temporary détente to arm up and prepare for the next round of missile exchanges.