China, India unlikely to replace US role in Middle East even as Iran war reshapes dynamics: Analysts

The influence of rising powers in the Middle East is unlikely to take the form of the military presence traditionally associated with the United States, say analysts at the Middle East Institute’s annual conference.

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An Iranian flag lies amidst the rubble of a building of the Sharif University of Technology, which was damaged in a strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, Apr 7, 2026. (Photo: West Asia News Agency via Reuters/Majid Asgaripour)

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