Diplomatic Note: Who could become the next UNSG? Part 1 Olga Nesterova April 21, 2026 – 1 min read Share this post Diplomatic Notes A Deal or a Pause? Inside the U.S.-Iran Agreement Ahead of the G7 By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Carney in New York, BlackRock in Japan, and the Quiet Race for Capital By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read Diplomatic Notes NPT: Meetings Cancelled, Diplomacy Moves Behind Closed Doors By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read Daily Brief ONEST Brief: Iran’s Fragile Deal, China’s Expanding AI Power and Europe’s Shadow Fleet Crackdown The United States and Gulf states publicly rallied behind the preliminary agreement with Iran today, even as Tehran asserted control over shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz and questions grew over what Washington has actually secured. Here is what happened today. Rubio Seeks Gulf Support for the Iran Agreement By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read ONEST Insight The Clip Went Viral. The Real Story Didn't. Treasury Secretary Bessent described sanctions relief for Iranian oil as "a carrot." President Trump presented the same policy as an opportunity for American farmers. Iran's Parliament Speaker rejected both narratives. By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read President Donald Trump meets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, June 24, 2026 | Screenshot from official White House livestream. Daily Brief ONEST Brief: Hormuz Opens Carefully, Europe Prepares for NATO, and the Iran Deal Meets Reality Hormuz Is Moving Again, But the Dispute Is Shifting Oman has established a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the International Maritime Organization. The move comes as maritime traffic begins cautiously returning. Three previously stranded supertankers passed through the Strait on Tuesday, while seven empty By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read Daily Brief ONEST Brief: NATO Tensions, Iran’s Regional Outreach, and Europe’s New East-West Corridor Trump’s dispute with Italy expands ahead of a tense NATO meeting, Iran promotes a new regional security architecture, the EU invests in routes bypassing Russia, and Ukraine presses allies for firm air defense delivery dates. Meloni Tries to Close the Dispute as NATO Defends Europe’s Role Italian Prime By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read News Treasury Chief Unveils New U.S. Economic Doctrine as Private Companies Quietly Become National Infrastructure Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a keynote address at the Economic Club of New York's America 250 Gala Dinner on Tuesday to outline what he called a new doctrine of American economic statecraft, arguing that economic policy, technology, finance and supply chains should be treated as instruments of By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read Daily Brief ONEST Brief: Iran Talks Move Markets, Starmer Steps Down, and Europe Opens the Door to the Taliban The United States and Iran left Switzerland without a final agreement, but Washington is already presenting the talks as a diplomatic victory. Britain is preparing for its seventh prime minister in a decade. And Europe’s new focus on deportations has brought Taliban officials to Brussels for the first EU- By Olga Nesterova • 10 min read
Diplomatic Notes A Deal or a Pause? Inside the U.S.-Iran Agreement Ahead of the G7 By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Carney in New York, BlackRock in Japan, and the Quiet Race for Capital By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
Diplomatic Notes NPT: Meetings Cancelled, Diplomacy Moves Behind Closed Doors By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
Daily Brief ONEST Brief: Iran’s Fragile Deal, China’s Expanding AI Power and Europe’s Shadow Fleet Crackdown The United States and Gulf states publicly rallied behind the preliminary agreement with Iran today, even as Tehran asserted control over shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz and questions grew over what Washington has actually secured. Here is what happened today. Rubio Seeks Gulf Support for the Iran Agreement By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read
ONEST Insight The Clip Went Viral. The Real Story Didn't. Treasury Secretary Bessent described sanctions relief for Iranian oil as "a carrot." President Trump presented the same policy as an opportunity for American farmers. Iran's Parliament Speaker rejected both narratives. By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read
President Donald Trump meets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, June 24, 2026 | Screenshot from official White House livestream. Daily Brief ONEST Brief: Hormuz Opens Carefully, Europe Prepares for NATO, and the Iran Deal Meets Reality Hormuz Is Moving Again, But the Dispute Is Shifting Oman has established a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the International Maritime Organization. The move comes as maritime traffic begins cautiously returning. Three previously stranded supertankers passed through the Strait on Tuesday, while seven empty By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
Daily Brief ONEST Brief: NATO Tensions, Iran’s Regional Outreach, and Europe’s New East-West Corridor Trump’s dispute with Italy expands ahead of a tense NATO meeting, Iran promotes a new regional security architecture, the EU invests in routes bypassing Russia, and Ukraine presses allies for firm air defense delivery dates. Meloni Tries to Close the Dispute as NATO Defends Europe’s Role Italian Prime By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read
News Treasury Chief Unveils New U.S. Economic Doctrine as Private Companies Quietly Become National Infrastructure Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a keynote address at the Economic Club of New York's America 250 Gala Dinner on Tuesday to outline what he called a new doctrine of American economic statecraft, arguing that economic policy, technology, finance and supply chains should be treated as instruments of By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read
Daily Brief ONEST Brief: Iran Talks Move Markets, Starmer Steps Down, and Europe Opens the Door to the Taliban The United States and Iran left Switzerland without a final agreement, but Washington is already presenting the talks as a diplomatic victory. Britain is preparing for its seventh prime minister in a decade. And Europe’s new focus on deportations has brought Taliban officials to Brussels for the first EU- By Olga Nesterova • 10 min read
