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The Iran–Israel War and the Struggle for the Middle East’s Geopolitical Center
The recent Iran–Israel war highlighted the shifting balance of power in the Middle East, where geography, trade routes, and great-power rivalries intersect. From Mackinder’s Heartland to Spykman’s Rimland, the struggle for influence over Iran and the wider region continues to define U.S., Russian, and Chinese strategy in global politics.
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A Century of Change: Redrawing the Middle East
The Middle East is undergoing a historic change, reminiscent of the famous Sykes-Picot agreement that shaped the region for the next century at the hands of the French and the British, in the aftermath of the Great War and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during the first two decades of the past century. Almost…