A war meant to bend Tehran now traps Washington The Iranian crisis now carries all the familiar features of recent Western wars: overwhelming technological superiority, deep-strike capabilities, enormous military spending and, at the same time, uncertain political results, sometimes opposite to the stated goals. The United States has…
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Iran at the Center of Systemic Competition Beyond the Immediate Trigger The current military pressure on Iran cannot be understood as a reactive episode tied to a specific provocation. It fits into a longer strategic arc that has shaped the Near and Middle East since the end of…