About operation Epstein Fury. And the leadup to that.
In the Middle East, conflict and instability will shape security, political and economic dynamics in a variety of ways. The US led Operation Epic Fury is advancing fundamental change in the region that began with Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and continued with the 12-Day War last year, resulting in weakening Iran and its proxies.

The regime in Iran appears to be intact but largely degraded by Operation Epic Fury. Its regional power projection capabilities have been destroyed, leaving limited options. Prior to the current operations, Iran’s strategic position had been significantly degraded. The US led maximum pressure campaign and snapback of European sanctions added additional pressure to an already bleak Iranian economy, resulting in mass protests earlier this year that Tehran suppressed by killing thousands of protesters. Even if the regime remains intact, internal tensions are likely to increase as Iran’s economy worsens.

While it's already put forward by some that the Oct. 7th attack was an orchestrated 9/11 type of event happened in a place which is the most surveilled region of the world when we look back 10 years from now will we see it as the opening event of a series of orchestrated steps to collapse the Iranian regime? Or going further, to inflate Israel as regional hegemon?