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Israel–Turkey Confrontation After Iran: The New Middle East Power Shift

  The Israel–Turkey confrontation after Iran is no longer a speculative headline. It is already shaping military thinking in Tel Aviv and Ankara. Iran’s weakening position has not calmed the region. It has made it more crowded. More actors. More overlap. More room for miscalculation. Power does not disappear. It moves For years, Iran anchored a predictable pattern of confrontation. Israel planned around it. Gulf states reacted to it. The United States contained it. That anchor is loosening. Iranian networks have come under sustained military and financial strain Israel now operates with fewer immediate constraints in Syria Türkiye has expanded steadily across multiple fronts Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows Türkiye’s defense spending crossing $15 billion annually, backed by a fast-growing domestic drone industry. This is not symbolic power. It is deployable power. The shift is visible. And it is structural. A different map is eme...