Combine targeted strikes or selective strikes on regime security organs with rapid, visible political signalling to amplify internal dissent and catalyse elite defections without committing to occupation. The approach treats limited kinetic action as a strategic accelerator for domestic uprisings, not as an end in itself.
— If governments adopt a 'strike‑to‑catalyse' playbook, it raises urgent questions about exit planning, humanitarian risk, regional spillovers, and lawful authorizations for interventions.
Edward Luttwak
2026.01.16
100% relevant
Article cites Israel’s June 2025 strikes, exposure of Revolutionary Guards incompetence, the Ayandeh bank scandal, and Reza Pahlavi’s mass call as the domestic conditions that an external decapitation could exploit.
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