India, March 23 -- The geopolitical fault lines of West Asia, long characterised by a simmering shadow war, have finally fractured into a direct, high-intensity conflict. The 2026 Iran war, initiated on February 28 with joint US-Israeli strikes, has transcended traditional military objectives to become a systemic assault on the world's energy architecture. As missiles trade places with diplomatic cables, the global economy finds itself staring down the barrel of an energy crisis that mirrors, and likely exceeds, the shocks of the 1970s. This is no longer a localised dispute; it is a global economic contagion.

The current military doctrine has shifted toward what academic analysts call Upstream Attrition. In previous decades, engagements ...