“This is no longer an Iran war. This is a region-wide war.” Fawaz Gerges, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, explains why he believes the conflict has expanded far beyond Iran, what Israel is trying to achieve in Lebanon, and why the search for security may be driving the Middle East toward deeper instability. «As a historian of the world, I think this is the most dangerous moment in world history since the end of World War II in 1945,» warns Gerges. «I could easily imagine a scenario where the United States and China find themselves at war.»

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