“To end the war on current terms would look like defeat [for Trump] to most of the world,” writes Shashank Joshi, our defence editor https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/03/23/the-war-room-newsletter-trump-is-scrambling-for-options-in-iran?taid=69c198417f3b6800019dfeb8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante