The United States and Iran resumed war after President Donald Trump carried out attacks, made threats and announced the end of the ceasefire between the two countries. In response, the Persian government attacked US military bases in the Middle East and announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Journalist Flávia Gianini, specialized in international politics and economics, assesses that the resumption of hostilities does not represent the definitive end of negotiations. According to the journalist, “every war ends when it starts to generate losses for all sides, especially for those who are not directly involved”.
The impact on the global oil chain is already felt and, as the conflict continues, the situation tends to worsen even in the US domestic market. “The market doesn’t work with what has happened. The market works with what is yet to happen. And all countries are very affected by any small thing that happens there [no Oriente Médio]. The entire industry right now is pricing things high. The United States is suffering from very high inflationary pressure”, he highlights.
Neither side wants to come out on top, especially the Donald Trump administration. “Everyone, at this moment, is following exactly what was expected from this war. Even the attacks last week show exactly that. The United States is trying not to end up in a losing position. What Trump is trying to do is remove this impression of surrender, which is what he will need to do”, he assesses.
“But the last attack was quite serious because it hit the southern region of Iran, very close to nuclear power plants. We’ve seen this other times and it will never work very well, but they mainly hit military defense units. They said that was the objective, but, in any case, if it hits a nuclear power plant unit, it will harm the entire region. The contamination will be general; the damage will be much greater. At this moment, what Washington is doing is putting a lot of pressure on their allies”, explains Flávia Gianini. “Everything related to war has to do with economics, not politics”, says the journalist.
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