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War Without an Exit: Washington’s Trial-and-Error Strategy in the War on Iran

After five months of escalation, Washington is still searching for an exit from a war whose aims were never clearly defined.

Mohammad Yaghi

The agreement reopened negotiations and the Strait of Hormuz, but it also revealed how far Washington had moved from its original war aims.

How the war on Iran exposed the limits of U.S. protection and forced Gulf states to rethink their security strategy.

War has erupted between the United States, Israel, and Iran, shattering assumptions that calibrated pressure could prevent a wider conflict.