At moments of prolonged confrontation, diplomacy tends to shrink. It becomes cautious, procedural, and trapped in familiar patterns—sanctions met with defiance, negotiations reduced to technicalities, and breakthroughs postponed in favor of temporary fixes. The long standoff between Iran and the United States is a case in point.
The expanding confrontation between Iran, Israel, and the United States is approaching a point of no return. What began as a contained conflict is rapidly evolving into something far more dangerous: a war whose dynamics threaten to ignite the very foundation of the global economy.
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