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President Donald Trump\u2019s message on the 31st (local time) amounted to a near-ultimatum that could shake the foundations of the international security order. He said he would end the war with Iran within two to three weeks and withdraw U.S. forces regardless of any agreement with Tehran. \u201cOur goal was to eliminate its nuclear capability, and we achieved that,\u201d he declared. He also told European allies they must \u201clearn to fight on your own,\u201d and urged beneficiary states to secure the Strait of Hormuz themselves. Taken together, the remarks signal a weakening of the unilateral patronage model of Pax Americana that has underpinned the post\u2011World War II order.<\/p>\n

The reverberations are already being felt across the Middle East. Israel warned that a unilateral U.S. early exit would allow Iran\u2019s core military capabilities to remain intact and deepen regional instability. Gulf partners, including the United Arab Emirates, have demanded more than a ceasefire \u2014 they want the complete dismantling of Iran\u2019s weapons systems. But Trump\u2019s focus is squarely on \u201cAmerica First.\u201d With domestic opposition to foreign wars that cost American lives growing, alliances are shifting from automatic triggers for intervention to instruments of selective engagement driven by U.S. national interest.<\/p>\n

That shift forces a hard question: is U.S. military involvement on the Korean Peninsula still an immutable given? The old assumption that \u201can alliance equals security\u201d no longer holds. History draws a stark contrast between the tragedies of overreliance on allies and the benefits of self-reliance. The fall of Afghanistan in August 2021 is a case in point. Former Afghan special forces commander Sami Sadat called the collapse a \u201cpolitical failure\u201d in a New York Times op\u2011ed. The agreement with the Taliban reached during Trump\u2019s first term effectively provided a political rationale for withdrawal, and President Ashraf Ghani\u2019s flight accelerated state collapse.<\/p>\n

By contrast, Ukraine followed a very different path. Early on, most experts expected Kyiv to fall within weeks to overwhelming Russian force. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held the line, and popular determination to resist became the decisive factor that mobilized Western support. What many assumed would be a short war has stretched into more than four years, and Ukraine\u2019s ability to defend its sovereignty grew out of a national resolve to stand and fight. The divergent outcomes in Afghanistan and Ukraine demonstrate that leadership and public will are the starting points of security.<\/p>\n