<p>Is the US-Iran ceasefire real — or a convenient fiction? In this edition of The World According to Irina Tsukerman — the bi-weekly geopolitical series on KAJ Masterclass LIVE — host Khudania Ajay (KAJ) sits down with Irina Tsukerman, US-based national security and human rights lawyer, geopolitical analyst, and Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Outsider, to dissect a Middle East in controlled chaos: why Trump keeps treating a violated ceasefire as intact, what Iran is actually waiting out, and how the Strait of Hormuz blockade is quietly strangling economies from Kuwait to India.</p><p>The conversation expands outward — Venezuela&#39;s interim leader visiting New Delhi, Marco Rubio&#39;s maintenance diplomacy in India, China&#39;s conspicuous absence from the Shangri-La Dialogue, and Japan&#39;s quiet transformation into a serious regional security actor. Each thread connects: energy dependence, supply chain fragility, and the realignment of middle powers in an era of great-power competition.</p><p>The episode closes on Gaza&#39;s Board of Peace — $17 billion pledged, zero transferred, and a reconstruction mandate with no money behind it.</p><p>Support independent journalism: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjc0c1ZYR0kwV0xkcmhsUXMtTmtaMkVCdUx1UXxBQ3Jtc0tsclB5cVpaTDhVdUN3REd1bncyYzlnd3NScHA1Zy1PcjRtaG5DMG9XOThza0RfNWVsd3IwZVNzQU44Wm1ubkFIaFc5NDljTGFiQXNtcGlDU2xkNHltZl9WYnFQalFGUE9FZGJaSlI1a0N4eXEtVVdxMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fkajmasterclass.com%2F&v=qcNFh_XnaxE" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://kajmasterclass.com</a></p>