Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies and Int’l Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. According to Professor Lucas, this is not a moment of resolution, rather recalibration. The ceasefire did not emerge from strength, but from constraint: a recognition of the limits of the effectiveness of military escalation. Amid all of Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric and existential threats, the US faces a narrowing set of viable options. Iran has leveraged resilience and regional positioning to strengthen its diplomatic hand.
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