Perils of a Power Vacuum in Iran
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by Stephen Holmes, Project SyndicateMarch 4, 2026
Critics of the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel point out that US President Donald Trump has no plan for what comes next. And they are not wrong: when Trump boasts that he can resolve wars in a single day, he merely exposes the limits of his attention span. But the real problem is not the shortness of Trump's time horizon; it's the narrowness of his threat perception.
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Originally published on RealClearPolitics on 3/4/2026