Thomas Juneau
Canadian political analyst
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Sep 28, 2026
Thomas JuneauSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One aspect is that with midterms coming in about a month and a half in the U.S., midterm elections...
Ariana LucenteCORRESPONDENT
Thomas Juneau is a professor of public and international affairs at the University of Ottawa.
Ariana LucenteCORRESPONDENT
He reckons the upcoming US midterm elections, which basically determines which party controls Congress, might explain Trump's position.
Thomas JuneauSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
President Trump did not want to give any kind of impression that he was being conciliatory or that he was being soft on Iran.
Oliver GordonHOST
It comes a day after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations.
Oliver GordonHOST
Thomas Juno is a specialist on the Houthis and Iran, He's a professor at the University of Ottawa Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and spoke to Melissa Clark on Radio National Breakfast this morning.
Melissa ClarkeHOST
What exactly was the proposal that Iran was offering in this seven-day ceasefire and what was the reason for the US president to reject it?
Thomas JunoGUEST
Well, Iran was basically proposing a return to the terms of the previous ceasefire from last June that ultimately did not hold, that ultimately did not resolve anything between the two countries.
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Thomas JunoGUEST
President Trump agreed, probably because he doesn't want to get the U.S. barked down into another theater of conflict in the Middle East.
Thomas JunoGUEST
But by doing that, he quite literally told Saudi Arabia, we will provide some indirect assistance, but we will not come to the rescue for you.
Oliver GordonHOST
Professor at the University of Ottawa Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Thomas Juno.
Oliver GordonHOST
And finally today, as the weather warms up and more people head to the beach, shark surveillance drones will be a safety feature across parts of the New South Wales coast.
Sally SaraHOST
The Houthis have targeted key Saudi oil sites and its capital Riyadh after gaining significant control of Yemen's Red Sea coast earlier this month, threatening a strategic shipping route for Saudi exports.
Sally SaraHOST
Thomas Juno is a specialist on Houthis and Iran.
Sally SaraHOST
He's a professor at the University of Ottawa Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.
Sally SaraHOST
I spoke to him earlier.
Thomas JunoGUEST
prices and inflation and so on.
Thomas JunoGUEST
So the impact, all that to say, is quite difficult to measure precisely, but there seems to be at least some impact.
Sally SaraHOST
You're listening to Radio National Breakfast, where Thomas Juno is my guest.
Sally SaraHOST
He's professor at the University of Ottawa.