Dr. Ely Karmon: ICT Israel, Iran Hegemonic Power in the M.E., New Paradigms w/Sargis Sangari EP #77

On Monday, 13 DEC 21, on the 77th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar at The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (#ICT) and former Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at The #ReichmanUniversity, (former #IDC) in #Herzliya, Israel, joins the show to provide an eye-opening expose on #Irans #HegonomicPower in the #MiddleEast discussing the #political and #security #NEXUS for Israel post-U.S. footprint in the Region.

Given that the nuclear talks in #Vienna do not seem to be going anywhere - we focus on how Israel views them & what does Israel thinks will be the outcome there?

Also, what would be the final red lines with the Israeli Airforce (#IAF) preparations/training for possible military strike vs. #Iranian nuclear facilities?

Is Israel capable of halting Iran's nuclear weapons progress or only setting it back?

Is regime change in #Tehran the only sure way to ensure this regime can never deploy deliverable nukes?

Dr. Karmon provides a slide presentation that shows the dangers that a resurgent #Iran presents to not only #Israel, but the #MiddleEast, and #America.

Professor Karmon and LTC Sargis Sangari, USA (Ret.), discuss the developments over the years that have made the situation even direr as an emboldened Iran continues to threaten Israel and the U.S. with eventual destruction.

Even the historic #AbrahamAccords alone were not enough to change the #paradigm that Israel and the U.S. face in the #NearEast, as #China has doubled down on its support for Iran with signed agreements and Billions of dollars in support as political backing. Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) backing allows the #IslamicRepublic of Iran to retrench its expansionistic and terroristic policy in the Region while advancing its #nuclear capability.

As Israel is more concerned with Iran than China, what is the Israeli perspective on China's efforts to expand its influence & presence in the M.E., primarily through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO)- as an example, at #Haifa's Israeli port? Or the port of #Khalifa, not far from #AbuDhabi in the #UAE (that U.S. officials warned UAE about back in spring 2021)? And also, how about Chinese technological inroads, like telecommunications w/Huawei as #Intel CEO visits #Taiwan and the home of most significant chipmaking rival #TSMC.

Professor Karmon notes how Iran's #Hezbollah forces, known as the "Missile Arm" of the #IranianArmy in #Lebanon, are active in #SouthAmerica with Chinese assistance and have conducted terrorist operations globally from the #RepublicofGeorgia to #Bangkok, #Thailand.

Suppose the U.S. and its allies cannot respond to the renewed Iranian threat. In that case, the terror of a nuclear-armed Iran and Hezbullah means Iran will have a free hand to conduct renewed #terrorist campaigns globally, virtually unchecked.

Is it too late for the U.S.? Can anything be done?

Some of the other vital questions we explore are if, from Dr. Karmon's perspective, the "new allies in the #GulfRegion (#KSA, #UAE, #Bahrain, #Qatar, #Sudan, Etc.). Can assist in combatting Iran #Hegemocic aspirations in the Region overtly or covertly, and is the assistance purely financial, or will they participate in possible operations against #Tehran?

Finally, we explore how does Dr. Karmon views the role of #Russia in Syria? Does he think #Putin/#Moscow can or would help to dislodge the influence of Iran/Hizballah in #Syria and the Region as Iran #proxies facilitate, weapons transfers mainly the precision guidance systems for #HZB's missiles? https://www.english.alahednews.com.lb/37534/370

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