Hawzah News Agency- for decades, Washington relied on military superiority, sanctions, diplomatic intimidation, and regional alliances to discipline adversaries into submission. Iran, however, neither collapsed internally nor retreated strategically. Tehran demonstrated that it possesses the ability to absorb pressure while retaining retaliatory capacity through mis Fsiles, regional alliances, proxy networks, and the strategic leverage associated with the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump faces a profound domestic contradiction that weakens his political room for manoeuvre. His political identity was built around promises to avoid “forever wars” and prioritise American economic recovery over costly military adventures abroad. A prolonged confrontation with Iran directly undermines that promise. Rising fuel prices, instability in global shipping routes, inflationary pressures, and growing public anxiety could rapidly erode support even among sections of his nationalist base.
Across much of the Global South, Iran’s ability to withstand sustained pressure from both the United States and Israel has weakened the image of Western strategic omnipotence.
Across much of the Global South, the conflict is being interpreted not merely as another Middle Eastern war but as evidence of a changing international order. Countries long subjected to sanctions, intervention, or Western diplomatic pressure increasingly view Iran’s endurance as symbolic of a broader resistance to unipolar power.
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