banon, Israel's ability to establish deterrence along the frontier—as it has done with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon— will also be limited. Michael Eisenstadt explores how, over the years, Israel and Syria have avoided a larger conflict through "rules of the road." But those rules have not worked as well

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quire a profound shock of some sort, be it remarkably tough sanctions, more-complete political isolation, or military action." His WINEP colleague, Michael Eisenstadt, chimed in. "If nuclear diplomacy with Tehran is to succeed, Washington must be prepared for the kind of brinkmanship it has not engaged in since t