Iran's influence in the Middle East | Iran is winning the war for the Middle East, and the West has no convincing response

Iran's influence in the Middle East | Iran is winning the war for the Middle East, and the West has no convincing response: Iran has tipped the balance of effective force in the Middle East to its advantage by developing a sovereign capability to conduct warfare through third parties. An international debate on how to cope with Iran’s way of warfare, needs to be based on the facts of this uniquely generated strategic capability, writes John Chipman.