Geopolitics
The Drone Calculus: How Iran's Asymmetric Strategy Exposes the West's Unsustainable Imperial Playbook
Iran is successfully executing a cost-imposing strategy in the Gulf by using low-cost drones to drain the expensive interceptor stockpiles of the US, Israel, and Gulf states, thereby avoiding serious negotiations. This is a stark lesson for the Global South in how asymmetric resistance can expose the unsustainable military-industrial logic of imperial powers.
