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The Realities of Modern Geopolitics: A Narrow Corridor
The current landscape is one where diplomacy operates in a narrow corridor between rigid political red lines and accelerating military preparations. On one side, the United States has supplemented its regional presence with hundreds of combat aircraft—including F-35s and F-22s—and the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group toward the eastern Mediterranean. On the other side, Iran remains weakened by domestic unrest and the fallout from a twelve-day war with Israel in 2025, which saw significant damage to its nuclear and military infrastructure.+1
