Joel Rayburn appears on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio National Breakfast to discuss the United States–Israel strikes on Iran. He highlights that the US had extended multiple off-ramps to Iran but realized Tehran was unwilling to engage in meaningful negotiations. He also notes that Iran’s security doctrine does not prioritize domestic defenses, so cannot sustain a prolonged high-intensity conflict.
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A truck drives through the Alataw Pass Comprehensive Bonded Zone in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)