In this edition: signal; system insights; what I am reading; and one last thing.
Signal
Strait Stays on a Knife-Edge as Iran Deal Yet to Be Done
There were positive signs last weekend US and Iranian diplomats were edging toward a framework that could ease tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, after US President Trump had posted on his social media platform that an agreement had been “largely negotiated” and was awaiting finalisation, with a flurry of regional diplomacy involving Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain.