The Changing Landscape of West Asian Defence and Security
Published on: May 1, 2026, 4:01 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
Asad Mirza The old framework of rigid alliances in West Asia is giving way to overlapping security partnerships, strategic hedging, internal military modernization, and new calculations shaped as much by technology and economics as by traditional geopolitics. West Asia’s defence and security architecture is undergoing one of its most profound transformations in decades. What was once defined by fixed rivalries — Arab versus Persian, state versus non-state actors, US security guarantees versus Iranian deterrence — is now evolving into a […]
