Iran could potentially leverage energy scarcity to pressure Europe, China, and other countries to publicly denounce Israel and the US in exchange for opening energy flows, but Europe's deep integration with US systems (Eurodollar, technology, NATO, LNG) makes this pivot impractical despite crisis conditions.
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“Europe is deeply imshed with so many American systems...there's an enormous transition cost in doing so [1:08:37]”
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:52:35 PM
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