What’s The Iran War Lesson For Middle Powers?

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  • TK Arun
  • Mar 04, 2026, 17:35 IST IST

What lesson would a middle power draw from the Israel-led American assault on Iran? To be immune to arbitrary attacks by more powerful nations, a country needs nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them – like North Korea.
In a world in which previous certainties, such as a US nuclear umbrella for presumed allies, lie shattered, no country seeking true autonomy can make do without nuclear capability of its own.

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