The Arab unity is also no longer intact as countries explore the range of options from a forced or pragmatic modus vivendi to moving on to another end of the spectrum given the uncertainties of the West Asian region.
As the negotiations between Iran and the United States mediated by Oman were giving some hope to avert the war, on February 28, US President Donald Trump got played by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and followed the same playbook as June 2025 and launched decapitating attacks on Iran and its leadership, crossing the final redline by killing Ayatollah Khamenei and top military brass.
Amid the fog of war perpetrated through Epic Fury, Lions Roar andOperation Promise IV governed by MAD syndrome among US-Israel andIran, have created unprecedented supply disruptions and blockades ofSea Lanes of Communications (SLOCs) Hormuz etc apart from thehumanitarian disaster and…
Anil Trigunayat Between the US and Israel on the one side and Iran on the other, several red lines have been crossed that will change the future regional and global dynamic. This was a war that had been avoided for…
Even as Washington may call and claim victory, notional or real, the global pain of the brash and so-called bold and illegal strikes will be real for years to come, nor will it benefit any party in the long term, not even Israel
Anil Trigunayat Even before US President Donald Trump took over the White House for the second time, he had ensured a ceasefire in the two-year-old Israel-Hamas war. Since, for the incoming president, it was tactical to please both his friend,…