RT by @Malbrunot: "With once-dominant U.S. influence giving way to a more fractured geopolitical environment in the region, "what is emerging is a highly competitive multipolar sys

"With once-dominant U.S. influence giving way to a more fractured geopolitical environment in the region, "what is emerging is a highly competitive multipolar system in which states hedge, cooperate tactically and compete simultaneously," argued @andreas_krieg, senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, Royal College of Defense Studies, and fellow at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies. "The war has accelerated several preexisting trends: the erosion of state sovereignty, the fr