Asma Khalid

See you in Sittari.

In the cabin, Mikko smiled at his new colleague.

The air was filled with the feeling of a new workmate, which was just a vague suspicion.

Was the name of the colleague the same as the one Mikko had been calling all the time?

Should he go to the countryside, change trains, or even work?

All problems can't be solved by the company flag of VR, but it has to be, so that it would be less distressing on work trips.

VR.

On a joint journey.

Margaret, if I can take us back to the Iran war, I want to turn now to the other big alternative scenario, and that is the path that takes us away from World War III.

I mean, first off, do you foresee the other major powers, whether we're talking about China, but also Russia, for instance, do you see them being drawn into this conflict?

Or is that unlikely in your view?

So given where we are in the war at this moment in time in the Middle East, what are some of the ways you could envision this conflict de-escalating?

If you say that economics might draw China into the conflict in some ways, I've been wondering, too, I mean, is the economy not a way in which this could all entirely de-escalate?

I mean, I covered the White House for several years here.

I sit here in Washington, D.C., and I know that President Trump, for example, does get skittish about

the health of the stock markets, the economy.

That undoubtedly factors into his thinking.

You think so?

Because that's certainly not the perspective I hear from the Trump administration, who seems to think that the UN is an outdated organization in many ways.

If you see the economy or domestic politics, the upcoming midterm elections, as possible motivations for de-escalation, I mean, I understand why President Trump might want to de-escalate, but I don't have a clear sense of what are the paths for de-escalating from the perspective of the Iranians or from the perspective of the Israelis.