Where the silent diplomacy has taken foot upon more than one capital at the same time, it is generally a sign that the menace is real, but it is also true that the menace of retiring before the precipice. That is in the same way that the media efforts being communicated by Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan trying to convey messages between the United States and Iran in the past two days must be seen. It is not theatre. It is not a side story. Actual job is in the effort to prevent more dramatic disaster. The elderly of the three countries are said to have made separate talks with White house ambassador, Steve Witkoff and the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. The fact that, although there has been violence and threats, rationality of politics has not completely broken down is more important in the region at the moment, in case mediation is underway and progressing.

The back-channel diplomacy is seldom viewed as feeble, covert, and peripheral by people. This follows the opposite of the situation in such cases. Public statements normally are written to domestic audience, to friends, to enemies, and to the next news cycle. Privacy Survival messages are written privately. The states with the trusted intermediaries are generally assuming the........

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