Blockade: A Negotiation Tactic

Also, new energy opportunities, Orbán's ironic defeat, and more.

Donald Trump updates members of the media on the rescue of missing U.S. airmen in Iran two weeks ago. (White House)

It’s Monday, April 13, and there is a cardinal rule in diplomacy: everything that happens before a deal is closed—the threats, the slammed doors, the declarations that “it’s over”—is simply negotiation by other means. Donald Trump’s recent …