Escalation Trap

Escalation Trap

Day 60

The hidden deadline inside the Official Trump-Iran agreement

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Prof Robert Pape
Jun 17, 2026
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Earlier today I argued that the draft MOU marked the beginning of Stage IV. After reviewing the official text released by the Trump administration, that conclusion not only holds—it appears even stronger.

The Sixty-Day Clock

The official memorandum released by the Trump administration contains one important provision absent from the earlier Bloomberg vers…

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