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Policy Tensor
Apr 2
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Defeating a great power is the accepted test of a great power. That is how great powers have been recognized by scholars, statesmen and military observers through the entire history of the European balance of power.

No special pleading please.

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Erald Kolasi
Apr 2

Being the regional hegemon of the Persian Gulf, and let's just accept that premise for the sake of the argument, doesn't make you a Great Power, no more than the Houthis are a Great Power because they can shut down the Bab-el-Mandeb for a while. And this is hardly a game changer anyway, as Iran already had de facto control over Hormuz.

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