"The last two decades has proven that we don't have the ability to dictate . . . who comes to power the day after a military attack."
The Trump administration has threatened military action against Iran, yet the underlying objectives remain ambiguous. The administration may seek to pressure Iran into negotiating a new nuclear agreement to replace the one withdrawn during Trump's first term, or it may pursue regime change. Karim Sadjadpour, a policy analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses these possibilities with David Remnick. Sadjadpour emphasizes that recent military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq demonstrate the inability to control post-conflict political outcomes, suggesting that military action carries significant unpredictable consequences.
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