📃Iran’s Resistance Exposed the Limits of US Power | Ashok Swain

🏷️ An insightful, in-depth analysis of the broader geopolitical, strategic, and regional impacts of the US-Israel military campaign against Iran.

📺 Perspective – Global Geopolitics and Conflict Analysis on "An" Visual Media
📌 Special Episode: The Limits of Military Coercion – Strategic Implication of the US-Israeli War on Iran.
🎙️ Host: Mohammad Mahdi Asghari
👥 Guest: Professor Ashok Swain (Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University)
📅 August 10, 2026

🔍 Episode Overview:
What did the US-Israeli war on Iran ultimately achieve, and for whom? In a wide-ranging interview originally premiered on June 27, 2026, Ashok Swain (Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University) argues that a war meant to destroy a nation backfired spectacularly, so much so that it unified that very nation and shifted the global balance of power. Moreover, Iran’s steadfast resistance not only divided Washington and Tel Aviv but also elevated Tehran into a hero for the Global South, and challenged decades of Western military intervention by exposing the limits of military coercion. He concludes unequivocally: "Not a single military objective, not a single political objective, has been achieved." As he puts it, "No one can doubt that" the United States suffered a strategic defeat.

🔑• The war united Iran domestically and transformed it into a global symbol of resistance.
• The war exposed widening strategic divergence between American and Israeli interests.
• Iran established itself as a regional power that must be engaged diplomatically, not militarily.
• Western support shifted only after Iran demonstrated sustained resilience on the battlefield.
• Israel’s international standing has suffered dramatically due to Netanyahu’s political gamble.
• Military power alone cannot achieve political objectives when facing a unified national will.

💬 Do you agree that diplomatic engagement is the only viable path to long-term stability in West Asia?
Share your thoughts in the comments below! 👇

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