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The United States and Iran have convened high-stakes negotiations in Switzerland, with both governments targeting a permanent end to war.
Diplomats have structured the opening round around the Israeli-Hizbollah conflict in Lebanon — a deliberate sequencing decision that places the most bounded problem on the table first.
Why Lebanon Comes First Starting with the Israeli-Hizbollah front is a choice about what is achievable before tackling the full depth of US-Iran tensions.
Lebanon represents a conflict with identifiable parties and a more defined geography, which gives negotiators a clearer target than the sprawling set of disputes that divide Washington and Tehran.
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