(JNS) A historic transformation is unfolding across the Middle East, yet many in the West continue to interpret it through outdated assumptions inherited from the post-Cold War era. The old regional order—one defined by ideological confrontation, revolutionary militancy and permanent instability—is slowly giving way to something far more pragmatic, technologically driven and strategically integrated.
At the center of this transformation stands the growing alignment between Israel and the Gulf states, particularly the United Arab Emirates, an emerging axis that is not merely reshaping regional power balances but quietly dismantling the geopolitical foundations upon which the Islamic Republic of Iran built its influence for nearly half a century.
For decades, Tehran operated under the belief that hostility toward Israel would remain the permanent organizing principle of Middle Eastern politics. The Palestinian issue became far more than a political cause; it evolved into the central pillar of Iran’s regional architecture.
Under the banner of “resistance,” the Islamic Republic expanded its reach through proxy warfare, ideological mobilization, sectarian penetration and...
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