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Chicago Council on Global Affairs @global-affairs.bsky.social
Jul 11, 07:52 AM

"Something has clearly broken down," Council President & CEO @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social told @bloomberg.com about US strikes on Iran. "But I do believe that all sides still have an overwhelming incentive to try to manage the escalation."

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"And listening to the president, is he just expressing skepticism over the ceasefire? Is this just a negotiating contact, a tactic, or do you believe something has fundamentally broken down and now re-escalated in Iran? Look, something is clearly broken down. We've seen U.S. strikes, we see the threat of more U.S. strikes. They come on the back of Iran's attacks on those ships that we're trying to get through. But I do believe that all sides still have an overwhelming incentive to try to manage the escalation. At the same time, Iran feels its power. We know that Trump is not willing to concede a new balance of power, so he's using force. But the force is being used, I believe, in a way that's designed to threaten the other side in order to get a better deal, but not in order to return to full-scale war. But it's a highly uncertain, unpredictable, and shall we say dangerous situation. It's also very bad for the global economy, as we've seen. And all of this is happening when President Trump is at the NATO summit, meant to be focusing on transatlantic security, on the problem of Ukraine. And it's a clear signal that this U.S. president will continue to be distracted and focused elsewhere. And Ruta, the secretary general of NATO, has also made it clear that Europe is going to, if he can persuade them, come along and support the United States president."

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Chicago Council on Global Affairs @global-affairs.bsky.social · Jul 9, 04:56 PM

"Something has clearly broken down," Council President & CEO @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social told @bloomberg.com about US strikes on Iran. "But I do believe that all sides still have an overwhelming incentive to try to manage the escalation."