Trump Risks a Strategic Misfire in Iran

Trump Risks a Strategic Misfire in Iran

Foreign Affairs Trump Risks a Strategic Misfire in Iran The administration can step back from escalation before it’s too late. Credit: Matan Golan/Getty Images The United States is barreling toward full-scale war with Iran. Trump’s decision to join Israel’s war against Iran by striking Iranian nuclear facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan risks derailing any chance at a diplomatic resolution to Iran’s nuclear program and initiating region-w…

Power, Rhetoric and the Narrow Path to Peace

The United States’ strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, conducted in close coordination with Israel, was a high-risk, high-precision act of preemptive defense. The operation — carefully planned, strategically deceptive in its use of decoys, and deliberately limited in scope — targeted core elements of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. And it did so with overwhelming technical superiority. Predictably, the Iranian regime has responded with verbal f…