US attacks on Iran redraw calculus of use of force for allies and rivals around globe
by Andrew Roth in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6Y9B3)
Perceived readiness of US to employ force instead of negotiations could have knock-on effects around the world
For US allies and rivals around the world, Donald Trump's strikes on Iran have redrawn the calculus of the White House's readiness to use force in the kind of direct interventions that the president said he would make a thing of the past under his isolationist America First" foreign policy.
From Russia and China to Europe and across the global south, the president's decision to launch the largest strategic bombing strike in US history indicates a White House that is ready to employ force abroad - but reluctantly and under the extremely temperamental and unpredictable leadership of the president.
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