Analysis: President Trump's strike on Iran General Suleimani jeopardizes vow to stop 'endless wars'
that the Revolutionary Guard said had entered Iranian airspace. U.S. Central Command said the aircraft was in international airspace.Middle East analysts told NBC News Thursday, ahead of news of Suleimani’s death, that the Trump administration risked embroiling the U.S. in a conflict with Iran if it did not swiftly engage with Tehran.
Clément Therme, a research fellow at Sciences Po, a political science institute in Paris, described Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iranian nuclear pact as a “self-fulfilling prophecy” that has further destabilized the region. Economic sanctions against Tehran were increasing the risk of conflict, Therme added, because “Iran considers that if it cannot export oil then it has destabilize the region even more.”
Vakil said Trump had not yet succeeded in forcing partners and allies to share the burden of regional policy partly due to the controversial nature of his presidency.
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