Executive Summary The tripartite kinetic convergence between Israel, the United States, and Iran has broken the long-standing equilibrium within the Republic of Iraq. Unsanctioned US-Saudi kinetic operations targeting non-state paramilitary actors under the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) umbrella have forced Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to enforce a strict monopoly on state force before the September … Leggi tutto Escalation in the Levant: Structural Re-Alignment in Iraq