An insightful analysis dated May 2018 by Jonathan Paris, a Middle East consultant and strategist, on Fathom a blog for the Britain Israel Communications and Research Center (BICOM) throws light on how Iran has quietly been gaining influence in the Levant at the expense of America's focus on defeating Iran's enemies i.e. Saddam’s Iraq, the Taliban, and, most recently, ISIS. However, hubris, domestic discontent, and changing American priorities are beginning to reverse Iran's fortune.
Together with my earlier posting on A snapshot of the unsettling dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian situation, this article is an added chapter on understanding the complex dynamics defining the shape of the Middle East in the coming decades.
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