Trump’s Ability To Realize Strategy for Asia To Be Put to the Test

The central objective of increasing the security and military costs imposed on Iran is not necessarily to launch an all-out war, but rather to compel the Iranian leadership to accept a new deal.

Unless Trump is persuaded to return to the negotiating table, this cycle of violence is bound to persist.

'[T]he umpteenth summit between Putin and Xi is rousing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from its long slumber.'

While one can go to war alone, returning in the same manner is impossible unless a knockout blow is achieved.

[I]t is worth trying to play Trump at his own game.