John Downing: An unsettling reality – what the conflicts in Iran, Israel and Ukraine mean for global security
Few people noticed last week that we were teetering on the brink of total war between Israel and Iran amid a welter of international appeals for calm.
Last Friday, Israel struck an air-defence system in Iran in the latest in a series of direct attacks between both countries as each left the proxy attacks on each others’ allies to one side. Despite repeated proxy attacks and a “shadow war” between these Middle East behemoths, it was the first time in 45 years that each attacked the other directly, and marked a dangerous development in their adversarial relationship, with potential ramifications for all of us globally.
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