Trump has backed away from renewed war with Iran – here’s why

By Andreas Krieg, Associate Professor, Defence Studies Department, King's College London

The US and Iran stepped back from the brink of returning to all-out war on June 11. Hours after saying the US military would carry out strikes against Iran for a third consecutive night, Donald Trump postponed the attack. The Iranian military had said the US would “receive a more severe response than before” if it followed through on its threats.

Trump claimed to have cancelled the strikes because of progress in negotiations between the two countries. In a statement posted on social media,…

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