The escalation trap: how the Iran war could become more costly and complex

Irans is trying to create wedges between Gulf states and the US, but Trump is very comfortable on the escalatory ladderIn its current phase, the Israeli-US war against Iran and its proxies has become a proving ground for two competing concepts of military escalation, each of which threatens to become a trap.On one side, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have failed thus far in their ill-defined and shifting strategic aims. Despite killing Irans supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other key leade...