The Cost Of Strategic Distraction: How America’s Rivals Could Benefit from A Prolonged Iran Conflict
By ANDERSON CLIFF When One War Creates Opportunities Elsewhere THROUGHOUT history, major powers have discovered that wars are rarely confined to the battlefield on which they begin. Every military commitment consumes finite resources—troops, equipment, intelligence capabilities, political attention and economic capital. Just as importantly, prolonged conflicts often create strategic openings elsewhere, allowing rival states to […]
