Trump is at a strategic dead end on Iran; the war will reshape Gulf’s security architecture:

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U.S. President Donald Trump has no solution for the chokehold that Iran is putting on global markets and if he escalates the war further, he would make the problem even worse, says Vali Nasr, professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a former U.S. State Department Advisor.

In an interview with The Hindu, Mr. Nasr says Iran might be open for a deal on its nuclear programme but not on its missiles or its control over the Strait of Hormuz. Once the war is over, Persian Gulf countries will have to reassess their security relations with the U.S., he added. Edited excerpts.