The Escalation Trap: Fareed Zakaria On Trump, Iran, And The Unravelling World Order

The world has seen wars before — long ones, cold ones, proxy ones. But every so often, a conflict comes along that feels more like a system glitch. This is one of those moments. Missiles are flying across the Middle East, oil tankers are hesitating at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, and global markets are swinging on every headline. In a wide-ranging conversation with NDTV, global affairs commentator Fareed Zakaria frames the ongoing US-Iran conflict as something far more unpredictable than traditional wars. At its core, he argues, lies what he calls an “escalation trap” — a cycle…