The US’ postwar regional plan is a nonstarter

The Trump administration is drafting a postwar regional strategy that is built around containing Iran and expanding Israeli-Arab normalization, according to a widely circulated report this week. This should alarm anyone, especially in the Middle East, who has watched the region’s geopolitical reality speed toward a dangerous tipping point since Oct. 7, 2023. The US approach underscores a return to the same old mentality by American strategists, which has failed to prevent multiple regional catas