Massive paradigm shifts are emerging, in the wake of the US-Israel Combine’s war on Iran, to redefine the geopolitical, geostrategic and geoeconomic imperatives that will henceforth govern the Middle East-Greater Middle East Region (ME-GMER) Complex. A radically transformed ME may thus instigate a new world order!

At the geopolitical level, international efforts have stopped hostilities in the US-Israel Combine’s war on Iran. Peace talks, mediated by Pakistan and later by Qatar as well, have led initially to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and then to a Lucerne Summit to formulate a framework seeking a viable roadmap to regional peace and potentially mutually acceptable coexistence. The biggest loser of this rather illogical military (mis)adventure against Iran is the US-Israel Combine itself. The US appears to have lost its stature, clout, credibility and even its once domineering influence in the region. Consequently, its sphere of influence stands severely truncated, leaving it literally isolated globally. All its allies in Europe, NATO, the Indo-Pacific Region, etc., demurred at joining what is widely considered to be an unjust war for an unjust cause. Israel, too, was deserted by its European allies on similar grounds. It remained totally dependent upon the largesse and all-encompassing support of the US. Iran, on the other hand, emerged strong, ascendant, steadfast and assertive. It remained stoic and unyielding throughout the war and negotiations as well. The Gulf Arab states were, at best, reluctant allies compelled to become part of an........

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