Geopolitics
Bremmer Claims Iran Gains Geopolitical Leverage Despite Losses in Trump War
Raging Moderates
Trump’s Big Iran Announcement Raises More Questions Than Answers (ft. Ian Bremmer)
"This to me feels like an enormous failure compared to why Trump went into the war. What he is getting— there is no regime change. The Iranian people will continue to be brutalized, and they're continuing to have influence over Hezbollah and the Houthis. I wouldn't say that they've won the war because, I mean, you killed their Supreme Leader, you killed a lot of their military leaders, their economy has been damaged massively, but they have a lot more geopolitical leverage coming out of this than what anyone would've considered acceptable before you went into the war. So America's war goals have not been close to been reached. I see this for Trump as an enormous failure of policy."
Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group, argued on Raging Moderates that despite Iran suffering heavy losses including its Supreme Leader, the Islamic Republic has emerged with more geopolitical leverage than before the war. He stated that none of Trump's war objectives—regime change, ballistic missile restrictions, or eliminating proxy support—have been achieved, characterizing the ceasefire as a major policy failure for the administration.
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