By leaving US allies and rivals alike scrambling to respond to an unpredictable and unreliable superpower, the war in the Middle East is driving an historic geopolitical realignment that will shift the global balance of power over the next decade. The scale of the changes will rival those following the end of the Cold War.
NEW YORK—The US-Israeli war with Iran has done much more than destabilize the Middle East, trigger a surge in energy and other prices, and disrupt the global economy. It has also left US allies and rivals scrambling to respond to an unpredictable and unreliable superpower. The result is an historic geopolitical realignment that will shift the global balance of power over the next decade.
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