Why is the most powerful country on the planet unable to get its way with a much smaller, weaker country that has been ravaged by economic sanctions and military strikes? At one level, the simplest way to understand America’s problem in the Iran war is to use game theory. President Donald Trump decided to play a game of “chicken” with Iran—think of two drivers racing straight at each other. In these situations, if the stakes for one side are existential and for the other much lower, the side

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