Does Collective Security in the Middle East Still Have a Chance?
With greater power imbalances in the Middle East, the region’s key middle and mediating powers are losing their fight for stability, suggests Amr Hamzawy of the Carnegie Middle East Program. The power imbalance engendered by Israel’s supremacy and the preference for military force shown by Israel, Iran, and the United States, do not predispose to constructive efforts toward collective diplomacy and security arrangements. On one side, Israel has significant advantages in military, technological, and intelligence capabilities that have wreaked destruction on Iran’s nuclear facilities and scientists, as well as its military capabilities. On the other, the government of the Islamic Republic still retains missiles, drones, and remnants of its regional proxies to launch missiles at Israel, threaten U.S. military bases in the region, and block or hamper critical waterways for shipping. Meanwhile, much of the Gulf is sidelined.
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