Asia Watch – A bimonthly column by Professor Swaran Singh in which he analyses major developments across Asia
Swaran Singh
(Professor Swaran Singh teaches disarmament and diplomacy at the Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) in 2022-23 and at the School of International Studies, Beijing University. A keen observer of China, Professor Singh has been an Asia Fellow (2001-2002) and has held several visiting professorships in China, UPEACE and other universities.)
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History is replete with instances of West-induced regime changes across West Asia, including in Iran. It was an American sleight of hand that derailed the democratic process in Iran, which eventually brought the current Islamic regime to power. By using the nuclear bogey to dismantle the regime in Tehran, the US-Israeli military action only reminds us of the campaign against Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, citing his chemical and biological weaponry. If the outcome of the campaign in Iraq was political instability, chaos and a rise of extremism, the result might be no different in Iran as well. While the Khamenei-led order might still survive, it is doubtful whether the Iranian polity is prepared to absorb a radical political transformation… Read more