A Slippery Slope to War in the Persian Gulf

Senior Fellow Geoffrey Kemp Published a German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Take on January 18, 2012, which was quoted by Real Clear World and in Simon Tisdall's column in the Guardian. The piece focuses on tensions between Iran and the U.S. and the possibility of military confrontation in the Persian Gulf.

"Political realities facing the leaders of the United States and Iran mean that military confrontation between the two states is a distinct possibility. In late December, the Iranian armed forces conducted a number of war games — which included the live firing of missiles — in the Straits of Hormuz and adjacent waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. When the aircraft carrier USS John Stennis sailed for a routine repositioning from the Gulf to the North Arabian Sea, Iran told the United States not to return it to the Persian Gulf region."

For the full article please visit the GMF Blog.