A struggle is unfolding between President Trump’s fast-paced dealmaking diplomacy and Iran’s strategy of attrition.
Differences in tempo, perceptions of time, and calculations of profit are shaping the negotiations between Washington and Tehran, as time itself increasingly becomes a weapon. The confrontation between the United States and Iran is now acquiring an entirely new dimension.
According to senior security officials, Iran is expected to use the negotiations in Islamabad to buy time in order to rebuild its military capabilities and erode American pressure, against the backdrop of deep gaps between the two sides that could ultimately lead to the collapse of the talks and a renewal of hostilities.
A struggle is unfolding between President Trump’s fast-paced dealmaking diplomacy and Iran’s strategy of attrition.
Differences in tempo, perceptions of time, and calculations of profit are shaping the negotiations between Washington and Tehran, as time itself increasingly becomes a weapon. The confrontation between the United States and Iran is now acquiring an entirely new dimension.
According to senior security officials, Iran is expected to use the negotiations in Islamabad to buy time in order to rebuild its military capabilities and erode American pressure, against the backdrop of deep gaps between the two sides that could ultimately lead to the collapse of the talks and a renewal of hostilities.
