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Robert E. Pape, a political scientist and professor at the University of Chicago, attributes this grand alliance to the result of Trump's war with Iran and the assassination of Iran's leader. According to Pape, Iran survived, and this changed everything — Iran is now an emerging power in the Middle East, and there is little likelihood that it would voluntarily relinquish the Strait of Hormuz.

# Consolidating Iran's Power in the Region