War Revisited: Fifty Conclusions

... initiatives aimed at reducing tensions with its neighbors. Subsequently, Iran assumed the role of the common adversary. Over recent decades, it too has sought regional integration through the “Axis of Resistance,” support for allied forces in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, as well as through the development of relations with Gulf monarchies and normalization with Saudi Arabia. In neither case has integration been completed, while prevailing ideas of regional security have failed to accommodate ...