Khamenei’s death exposes multipolar brittleness

When a dominant non‑Western actor’s top leader is killed by allied strikes, it tests whether multipolar coalitions (China–Russia–Iran style) are durable or merely rhetorical. The incident reveals that removing Pax Americana’s restraints lets individual leaders take high‑risk, unilateral actions with systemic consequences. — This frames a concrete mechanism—leader decapitation by allied strikes—as an accelerant that exposes faults in emerging multipolar order and the domestic limits on democratic oversight.