Is America’s Iran policy is a failure?

Lerner · Aug 21, 2024

America’s Iran policy is a failure − piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far
Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell
Wed, August 21, 2024 at 5:13 AM PDT·6 min read
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-iran-policy-failure-piecemeal-121319281.html

The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in recent months is frequently explained as another extension of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. After all, Hamas enjoys a close relationship with Iran, and both share the goal of eliminating the Jewish state.

But there’s more to it than that.

As a scholar of security studies who has researched conflicts in the Middle East for over 20 years, I would argue that a decade of U.S. foreign policy in the region has failed to contain Iran’s ambitions and has instead substantially contributed to the current escalation.
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