Iran war marks the end of American primacy as we know it

The war in Ukraine shattered a core assumption about great-power dominance: that size and military strength are enough to impose one’s will. Ukraine showed otherwise. With the right strategy, geography, and resolve, a weaker state can survive and blunt - and in key respects even defeat - a much stronger adversary.The United States now faces an uncomfortable parallel. The war with Iran is exposing similar limits to American power.For decades, U.S. grand strategy has rested on primacy — the belief...