In the summer of 326 BCE, the Hyphasis River (modern-day Beas) in northwestern India became the fatal boundary of the ancient world.

A fragile US-Iran memorandum, an unresolved war in Lebanon, and shifting American and European attitudes toward Israel are reshaping West Asia's diplomatic map in mid-2026.

For decades, the United States has predicated its global primacy on the control of the "Global Commons"—specifically the maritime chokepoints and the energy corridors that…