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Us Foreign PolicyFinancial Times |
America has long used sanctions to coerce adversaries, but Iran and China can wield powerful economic weapons too
War against Iran does not seem to have undergone the normal stress-testing
A succession of US foreign policy choices has destabilised the oil industry
The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei has dashed the US president’s hope of picking Iran’s new leader
However this conflict concludes, the US and Iran’s new leaders will have to revisit the same issues that sparked hostilities
America’s Trump-led retreat from global leadership is tempting others to push their luck
The US president has shocked allies by opening talks with Moscow and criticising Ukraine. Will this dramatic shift in US foreign policy hold?
Donald Trump promises the mother of all stress tests for the US rule of law