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Why the Iran-Israel confrontation is a Middle East game changer
With Tehran’s ‘ring of fire’ strategy smashed, it is now a direct clash between the region’s two most powerful militaries.
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A cloud of smoke following an explosion in central Tehran on June 15.
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“A week is a long time in politics,” a British prime minister once remarked. Nowhere is this truer than in the treacherous politics of the Middle East. Although Israel’s military offensive against Iran moves are afoot to stop the fighting
Regardless of all the talk about the supposedly declining power of the United States and the increasing diplomatic isolation of Israel, the fact is that – like it or not – the two remain the Middle East’s most important actors.
