The planet’s most urgent problems require new ways of thinking.

A US attack would be a gift to forces in Tehran and Washington who are ready to seize upon a wartime crisis to silence dissent and unleash even greater violence against their political foes. In the US, the danger of a “war-time president” and “emergency” powers would mean that martial law and the suspension of upcoming elections are a step closer. Iranians are likely to suffer even worse violence, and the wider region faces a catastrophe.