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In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously

  • Written by Bear F. Braumoeller, Baranov and Timashev Chair in Data Analytics and Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
Mourners at the funeral for Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani burn Israeli and U.S. flags.Hamid Vakili/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Despite the claims of optimists, the odds that an international conflict will snowball into a bloody war haven’t gone down significantly since the end of World War II. Trump administration officials’ confidence that...

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