Former US President Donald Trump's attendance at the NATO summit in Turkey, amid escalating anti-Iranian rhetoric and orders to attack Iran, signals more than a routine diplomatic meeting. Analysts argue it represents a recalibration of Washington's strategic calculations toward the Islamic Republic of Iran and the "axis of resistance."

The new approach shifts from direct military pressure to a hybrid, multilayered model. The goal is not a single decisive blow but simultaneous attrition across multiple levels: domestic, border, and regional, forcing Iran to divert resources to manage overlapping crises.

Domestic pressure targets critical infrastructure and daily life systems. Concurrently, the US and Israel seek to transform Iran's peripheral environment by intensifying pressure on allies in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, and Yemen.

The NATO summit served as a platform for this strategy. Trump's presence allegedly pursued four objectives: coalition-building, legitimizing future actions, coordinating with Turkey, and using Syria to pressure Lebanon.

However, the author claims this strategy is doomed to fail. Resistance forces and popular will in the region will thwart US plans. The emerging order in West Asia is not a product of American will but of a deeply rooted, anti-American popular movement.

Source: www.aljazeera.com