The Arc of Weakness
I would like to thank Professor Gregory Gause for a very stimulating discussion. The ‘arc of weakness’ is his phrase, and his work is central to my understanding of the region’s security dynamics.
Take a map of the MidEast and draw a line connecting the Persian Gulf to the Eastern Mediterranean. This is the battlefront in the rivalry between Iran and Sau…
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