Iraq’s apparent calm before elections masks enduring fragility; real stability depends on codifying rules for oil, budgets, and militias afterward.
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U.S. ambiguity on the PMF risks Iraqi stability and elections, demanding clearer support for sovereignty.
A practical post-UNIFIL model would strengthen UN observers, maintain a liaison mechanism between Lebanon and Israel, and focus international support on building the Lebanese Army’s capacity—shifting enforcement to the state rather than repeating UNIFIL’s failed mandate.
Beijing views Iran through a lens of systemic stability, not alliance. Analysts see protests as manageable and a wider war as catastrophic but inevitable. China’s response will be calculated diplomatic and economic engagement, avoiding military entanglement.