The Escalation Ladder with Iran Has Lost a Few Rungs
In the supposed tit-for-tat escalation pattern, Iran’s largest “tit” to date was met with no meaningful “tat” from the United States, Europe, or Saudi Arabia.
Kaleigh Thomas is a research associate in the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security where Elisa Catalano Ewers is an adjunct senior fellow.
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