US Iraq Withdrawal confronts hardline militias that refuse to disarm, threatening Baghdad’s sovereignty and Iran’s expanding corridor of armed proxies.
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The Iran war’s aftermath brings U.S. strategic setbacks, rising extremism, Turkey’s expanded influence, and shifting Gulf security calculations.
Will Iran’s postwar strategy abandon proxies or deepen Gulf mistrust? The U.S.-Iran talks hinge on that answer.
Armed regional allies rebound across the Middle East, renewing pressure on adversaries and altering regional defense balances.
Expert analysis details why the choreographed funeral for Ali Khamenei masks profound IRGC fragmentation, economic collapse, and unprecedented public fury.
Sustained pressure on Iran’s proxies is critical, but Tehran’s creative financing and global networks ensure these threats remain resilient and adaptive.
Beirut and Baghdad reject proxy control, demanding a full state monopoly on weapons as Iran’s regional architecture fractures under economic and internal decay.
Iran strategically leverages sanctions relief from the new Washington agreement to aggressively fund and rebuild regional proxy forces like Hezbollah.
An elite strategic review detailing why diplomatic frameworks fail to disrupt Iran’s Terrorist Project, preserving transnational proxy operations.
Deconstructing the flaw in applying economic bargaining formulas to ideological regimes that derive their legitimacy from conflict rather than cooperation.