Jonathan Schroden: Why The US-Iran Conflict Keeps Shifting Between Fighting And Diplomacy

(Alex Raufoglu – RFE/RL) Fresh US strikes on Iran, Tehran’s renewed attacks on American bases in the Persian Gulf, and President Donald Trump’s announcement that Washington would reinstate a naval blockade on Iranian shipping have pushed the conflict into a new and uncertain phase. But despite the intensifying military exchanges, Jonathan Schroden, chief research officer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and a leading US expert on irregular warfare, says that the current violence resembles the turbulent path many wars take before reaching a negotiated settlement. – Jonathan Schroden: Why The US-Iran Conflict Keeps Shifting Between Fighting And Diplomacy