​So, the latest developments in West Asia, especially Hamas audacity, can be seen as part of a larger global trend where great powers are either abdicating strategic space or are being forced to fight for it. The UN Security Council is a divided house between two groups — US-Britain-France and Russia-China — among the five veto-privileged permanent members. With no consensus on most security issues, non-state actors are bound to get emboldened, taking the cue from countries like Türkiye to use the turmoil as an opportunity to settle old.