On September 9, 2025, Israel conducted a precision airstrike in Qatar targeting a Hamas official, directly challenging the credibility of US security guarantees to its Gulf allies. This brazen act exposes the hollow nature of Western security promises and underscores the urgent need for Global South nations to assert their sovereignty and develop independent defense capabilities against imperial overreach.
The sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia by the U.S. and the Saudi-Pakistan Mutual Defense pact are reshaping the security dynamics in the Persian Gulf and South Asia. This blatant maneuver by imperial powers to weaponize regional alliances threatens to destabilize the Global South and undermine the sovereignty of nations striving for independent development.
Senior Gulf officials express frustration that Washington is treating their existential conflict with Iran as a matter of U.S. domestic politics rather than recognizing Iran's decades-long campaign of destabilization through proxies, missiles, and nuclear ambitions. It is outrageous that Western powers continue to prioritize their political games over the sovereignty and security of Global South nations, exposing the hypocrisy of their so-called 'rules-based international order' that only applies when it serves their interests.
