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As the war around Iran widens, its consequences are no longer confined to the Middle East. In a wide-ranging discussion, Gilbert Doctorow and Glenn Diesen argue that the conflict is forcing both Russia and China to reassess not only their relations with United States but also the practical meaning of blocs such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Their exchange centers on whether Washington’s attack on Iran has exposed the fragility of emerging multipolar alliances, accelerated fractures inside European Union strategy, and pushed global diplomacy closer to a dangerous period where military escalation increasingly replaces negotiation. What emerges from the conversation is a picture of a global order under strain—where energy shocks, alliance tensions, and competing war fronts increasingly blur the line between regional conflict and systemic international crisis.
Doctorow on Trump “He is held in check only by his own moral limits—his own sense of morality—not by international law or any other law, and he is acting accordingly. The problem is that his morality is bestiality.”
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