How would a US ground assault on Iran unfold?
Trump now has the forces in place to carry out a limited operation, but it would be fraught with risk
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Katie Stallard is the senior editor (China and global affairs) of the New Statesman and author of Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea. She was previously a fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC, and a foreign correspondent based in Russia and China. She once ran a marathon across a frozen lake in Siberia, and would absolutely do it again.
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