{"id":1393,"date":"2026-07-27T13:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:58:03","slug":"the-architecture-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/the-architecture-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The Architecture of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>By Raghu Kondori | Shahvand Think Tank, in \u201cThe Jerusalem Strategic Tribune\u201d<!--more--><\/h2>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<div id=\"id__4aldt2keci9\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Israel, Iran, and the broader Middle East are not separate strategic problems, but interconnected variables within a single evolving architecture defined by energy, compute, technology, and human capital. 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