"And as Iran makes choices that seem to indicate that it is not at this stage ready and willing to take up the offers on the engagement track, then we will put greater emphasis on the pressure track.
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Equally, Beijing is keen to remind Tokyo that this problem will not go away and that it will continue to press its claim to sovereignty and is willingtotake disproportionate risks topressure Japan into at last acknowledging there is a dispute.
"Although Iran seeks to show that it is able and willingtotaketo drastic means to respond to foreign pressure, it is unlikely that it has the ability to close Hormuz, " said risk consultancy IHS Global Insight in a report Tuesday.
This new coalition does run the risk of appearing too aggressive when it comes to trying topressure fellow Democrats to embrace their policy goals, but it is a risk organizers are willingtotake.