'Full-scale war': why this Israel-Iran conflict is different

Cătălin Roșioru

"This is a full-scale war, and it's only at the beginning," says Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. "Israel is trying to figure out how to destroy the totality of the Iran's nuclear weapons program. That is the primary objective," says Panikoff. Iran's nuclear program could remain intact after this war, but if it is destroyed, that "has the potential to open up a new day in the Middle East entirely." Panikoff stresses that the