By Dr Masoumeh Mohammadi International Relations Researcher International Peace Studies Centre – IPSC The New Power Dynamics in West Asia The developments of 2025 in West Asia reveal a broad, multi-layered effort by the United States, NATO, and mainstream Western media to reconfigure West Asia’s geopolitics. This process employs a combination of military command, security diplomacy, and media dominance to curb the expanding influence of the Axis of Resistance, particularly Iran. The project leverages diverse mechanisms, including diplomatic visits, legal tools, psychological and media operations, and the redefinition of regional security concepts. The NATO Summit in The Hague and the West’s New Defence Strategy In June 2025, NATO’s summit in The Hague emphasised increasing member states’ defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. Of this, 3.5% is allocated to defence and 1.5% to security infrastructure development; a move signalling efforts to forge a new strategic cohesion against transnational threats,