Geopolitics
The Sultanate and the Superpower: Oman's Rise Exposes the Limits of American Coercion
The United States' failed strategy in the Iran conflict has elevated Oman, a neutral Gulf sultanate, to a key diplomatic broker, prompting a desperate and revealing threat from a frustrated President Trump. This spectacle of imperial overreach and strategic failure exposes the crumbling facade of Western unilateralism and highlights the resilience of sovereign nations in the Global South against coercive pressure.