American Power in an Embattled World Order

American Power in an Embattled World Order

I.Proof that power and diplomacy go together arrived earlier this summer in the Middle East. As Israel was pulverising Iranian regime targets in June and fears loomed of a wider conflagration, President Donald Trump brought the Twelve Day War to an end with a hammer blow to the Iranian nuclear program followed by the immediate imposition of diplomatic pressure. But the apparent success of this limited but consequential military operation felt an…