Paul R. Pillar The war is most likely to end through a minimalistic ceasefire that opens a path to a broader deal President Donald Trump, seeing the success of the U.S. Navy’s operation in the Strait of Hormuz in blocking most of Iran’s imports and oil exports while restoring some of the non-Iranian oil trade through the strait, evidently does not regard the conflict with Iran as stalemated. The current situation regarding the flow of oil and distribution of economic pain is actually more complicated and does not constitute a…
