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In immediate terms, top assassinations prolong modern conflicts. It creates uncertainty around who can make commitments and disrupts comms. It also tends to result in more combative leadership not conciliatory.

As a side note, this Iran attack is an enormous slap to Putin, especially on the heels of the Venezuela/Maduro kidnapping. With the earlier loss of Syria, Putin is seeing the obliteration of Russia’s overseas interests.