After every great upheaval, the world order shifts and readjusts to the new realities as new players emerge and the old players, worn out by war and drained of their resources, are often relegated to the background. The West Asian crisis is perhaps this peculiar moment for the US. If one country has paid heavily for this war, it is the United States of America. Its attrition is staggering, perhaps running into billions of dollars and more than that it has lost its credibility in the eyes of its allies and the Gulf countries, which it was supposed to protect. Dubai, Saudi Arabia and other US supporters are bearing the brunt and facing the heat as their skies lit up every night with the Iranian missiles and drones. Moreover, the US failed to open the Strait of Hormuz which is........

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