Havana must decide between a managed transition with U.S. terms or deeper collapse, foreign intervention, and loss of all remaining leverage.
Browsing: Negotiation
Iran demands balance before talks. Trump cannot pause without looking weak. Negotiation is colonized by war itself.
How Trump extricates from Iran quagmire: declare victory, negotiate exit. Least-bad option.
Iran’s “red lines” in nuclear talks are tactical, not rigid; history shows such lines shift and erode with changing power balances.
Washington now negotiates with Tehran because sanctions failed to force capitulation and military force has proven politically inconclusive.