Negotiate, strike again, or let the war drag on? Following the US midterm elections, the Donald Trump administration faces mounting pressure to end the war with Iran, but a way out remains elusive. Niu Xinchun, executive director of the China-Arab Research Institute at Ningxia University, outlines three possible paths, none easy. Jonathan Panikoff, a former senior US intelligence official on the Middle East, puts it bluntly: "There are no good options here. There's only bad, worse, and worst." So, where does the conflict go from here?
