https://globalsecurityreview.com/irans-quest-for-middle-east-hegemony/ A division of the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS) Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://globalsecurityreview.com/irans-quest-for-middle-east-hegemony/#comment-125 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:46:14 +0000 https://globalsecurityreview.com/?p=27329#comment-125 An excellent piece by Chris Bosquillon. Thought provoking and concerning. For how much longer will Iran’s extremist regime and its terrorist proxies hold the military initiative around the Middle East? They are increasingly running circles around the U.S.’s reactive stance and denialist posture there! E.g., after years and years of wrangling, Iran is on the very doorstep of becoming a regional nuclear power. The Houthis are parlaying their strategic position along the Red Sea into a stranglehold on global shipping. They are forcing the U.S. Navy into (defensive) fighting on yet another global front (beyond WESTPAC, NORTHCOM, and the Eastern Med — Israel and Ukraine) that we lack capacity (and political will?) to sustain. We will pay a high price indeed, worldwide, just as author C.B. warns, if Turkey and or Saudi Arabia go to war with Iran or get their own nuclear weapons in response to Iran proliferating — or both. 🙁

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