“Some observers are less optimistic about a deal in the near term, however. Both sides want to avoid outright conflict, but they don’t appear ready to meet halfway in order to resolve it. […] Trump needs to show that the war achieved something, and that the cost that American voters and the world are paying was not paid in vain.”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is mentioned in the article “‘Just a Love Tap’: Trump Insists Cease-Fire With Iran Is Holding Despite Ongoing Attacks Traded” on Time.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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