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Hi, I'm Ravi Agrual, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief.

This is FP Live.

So every now and then I do a live, Ask Me Anything episode.

We just had one on our website on Monday the 4th of May.

We had a lot of questions from all of you from around the world.

And for obvious reasons, the majority of questions from all of you from around the world. For obvious reasons,

the majority of questions were about the conflict in the Middle East. So today's show is very much focused on that, but from a variety of angles, how each side is performing, who are the

unintended winners from the war, and what the Middle East might look like after the dust settles

on this conflict. So let's dive right in. I asked our producer Donna Shurn to take over the hosting

duties. Thanks, Ravi. I think we've gotten more questions this time than we ever have, so I'll

just get right to it. The majority of the questions

today were about Iran, but from a variety of angles. So here's one that I think is a pretty good

place to start. Spiridon Muralatos wanted to talk to you about the claims of victory. So what do you

make of the White House saying that it has defeated Iran? Look, on the one hand,

...