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Marco Carnelos, Middle East Eye: Dangerous escalation looms in US-Iran standoff
Although Trump seeks a new deal with Tehran, his tactics risk sparking a new war
The confrontation between the US and Iran risks ending up as a zero-sum game, with miscalculation or further escalation as the only possible, dangerous outcomes.
US President Donald Trump has no appetite for war, but he intends, through renewed sanctions, to force Iran back to the negotiating table and get a new and better nuclear deal than the one signed in 2015.
He believes that his unique negotiating skills - sharpened in Manhattan’s real-estate industry, and to which he also dedicated a book - will achieve this goal.
The problem is that in such a process he could wind up in a new conflict, rather than reaching a new deal.
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Commentaries, Analysis, and Editorials -- July 2, 2019
Know This: A U.S.-Iran War Would Not Be Fought Only in Iran -- Seth J. Frantzman, National Interest
Sino-US relations enter ‘new normal’ stage -- Zhang Jingwei, Asia Times
What's next for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement? -- Casey Quackenbush, Al Jazeera
China Fears A Soviet-Style Collapse in Hong Kong -- Grant Newsham, National Interest
Hong Kong and Taiwan preview China's future -- Joseph Bosco, The Hill
Why Myanmar is losing the Rakhine war -- Anthony Davis, Asia Times
India staring at a water apocalypse -- Saikat Datta, Asia Times
The Indo-Pacific Is the New Asia -- Melissa Conley Tyler, Lowy Interpreter
What Is the US Coast Guard Doing in the Indo-Pacific? -- Jay Tristan Tarriela, Diplomat
Haftar-Turkey tensions risk proxy war in Libya -- AFP
A new cold war in Africa -- Mehari Taddele Maru, Al Jazeera
Trump-Putin Meeting: Where Does Russia Go from Here? -- Dimitri Alexander Simes, National Interest
Justin Trudeau vs. the world: How the next government can reclaim Canada’s place on the international stage -- Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
How Long Can John Bolton Take This? -- Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
Trump’s Reluctance to Bomb Foreign Countries Is a Strength -- Andrew Bacevich, L.A. Times
