US-Israel Joint Strikes on Iran Signal Shift to Unilateral Power Projection
The coordinated US-Israel military action against Iran represents a fundamental departure from multilateral diplomacy toward selective bilateral coalitions. Russia's condemnation as 'armed aggression' and China's rejection of this 'precedent-setting unilateral action' reveals growing great power opposition to American-led military interventions without broader international consensus.
This marks the end of post-Cold War multilateral constraints on US action, accelerating the formation of competing power blocs and increasing the likelihood of direct great power confrontations.
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