2/2 But rather than run risk of military escalation, 🇺🇸should create other incentives for change from within Iran. Only Iranians can determine what reform looks like. For 🇺🇸, linking sanctions relief to the political renewal the country badly needs is a better way to help the protesters than bombing.

Here’s why the year ahead looks set to be as bloody as the one ending.

Scroll through our latest visual explainer unpacking the conflicts @crisisgroup.org is watching in 2026. 3/3

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Conflict is spiking worldwide, and major wars have erupted with terrible frequency. Where 2025 was a bloody affair, 2026 also promises little better as the world continues careening into a dangerous new era. 2/3

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