“To end the war on current terms would look like defeat [for Trump] to most of the world” argues Shashank Joshi in our weekly defence newsletter https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/03/23/the-war-room-newsletter-trump-is-scrambling-for-options-in-iran?taid=69c3f87cc6de520001b6a3e6&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante
