“Iran doesn’t want an all-out war — they cannot win it,” said Rajan Menon, strategy program director for Defense Priorities, a think tank that advocates for more restrained foreign policy. “But that doesn’t mean they don’t have a lot of buttons to push” that can roil the global economy, lead to many deaths and destabilize the region.
Featuring
More on Middle East
Events on Middle East
virtualMiddle East, Basing and force posture, Diplomacy, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel‑Hamas, Military analysis, Syria