What's in West
Since the inception of the latest edition of the Israeli-Palestine War, I have been waiting for the right time to write about the changing situation in West Asia. However, the recent incidents are compelling me to add a few more paragraphs, and I fear adding more if the wait is continued. West Asia, or the Middle East (for Westerners), is regaining the level of attention that it had assumed for decades. For some reason, silence was hoping to be anchored on the shores of West Asia; unfortunately, the reality is contrasting. The reasons mentioned above include wide-ranging geopolitical movements. Let's look into them one by one. The foremost is the re-emergence of talks between the USA and Iran on nuclear proliferation. Iran was accused of rising nuclear capacity, primarily by the US-led West. This ended in 2015 with the formation of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal)) between Iran, the P5 (Permanent five members of United Nations Security Council ie...