Connecting the Dots: A Good Week for Trump?

摘要

As promised by President Donald Trump, the US -joined by the UK and France - took action to respond to an alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack (p4). While doubts surround the success of the joint missile strikes - including the extent to which they curtailed Damascus' chemical weapons capability - the operation did provide a rare example of a Trump-led US working in concert with its allies. A key question is whether that spirit of cooperation, and perhaps a greater sense of enmity against Damascus' ally Iran, might carry over into US-EU negotiations related to Trump's demands over the Iran nuclear deal.