but foreign policy analysts point to how the war in Ukraine is an effort by Russia to seek "regional hegemony," though one that may ironically undermine that effort. But what is hegemony?

Granted, China is interested in regional hegemony, and so is Iran, but in what respect does either of them figure as a rival, except that the U.S. insists on denying them the status they seek in ...

For the United States, Iranian regional hegemony would be the greatest geopolitical setback since China fell to Communism in 1949. For the United States, that would be the greatest geopolitical ...

Iran’s offer to join negotiations over the future of southern Lebanon proves that Tehran is looking to achieve “regional hegemony,” tweets National Unity chairman and former war cabinet ...

if not impossible – an acute threat to Iran's claim to regional hegemony. A close U.S. security partnership with Saudi Arabia would mean an American presence in the region in perpetuity.

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