Trump Has a Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem — Here’s How
Donald Trump is likely the last president that will get a chance to stop Iran from building a nuclear arsenal. Will he succeed? Tehran has been on the backfoot, having catastrophically misjudged the long-term repercussions of Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent response, but even a diminished Islamic Republic can harm U.S. interests and force it to commit significant resources to managing yet another crisis in the region. And while most of the recent focus on Iran has dwelt on its regional activities at the expense of the nuclear issue, historically, the opposite has been true — The post Trump Has a Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem — Here’s How appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Donald Trump is likely the last president that will get a chance to stop Iran from building a nuclear arsenal. Will he succeed? Tehran has been on the backfoot, having catastrophically misjudged the long-term repercussions of Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent response, but even a diminished Islamic Republic can harm U.S. interests and force it to commit significant resources to managing yet another crisis in the region. And while most of the recent focus on Iran has dwelt on its regional activities at the expense of the nuclear issue, historically, the opposite has been true —
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