The global balance of power is shifting toward a new era, the Age of Middle Powers. Rising states in the Middle East and Asia are increasingly projecting military and political influence far beyond their borders, reshaping geopolitics in regions like the Horn of Africa. Turkey’s deployment of combat drones to Ethiopia during the Tigray conflict demonstrated how advanced military capabilities, once limited to superpowers, are now accessible to more states. This “democratization” of high-tech warfare risks fueling arms races and destabilizing fragile regions.
The global balance of power is shifting toward a new era, the Age of Middle Powers. Rising states in the Middle East and Asia are increasingly projecting military and political influence far beyond their borders, reshaping geopolitics in regions like the Horn of Africa. Turkey’s deployment of combat drones to Ethiopia during the Tigray conflict demonstrated how advanced military capabilities, once limited to superpowers, are now accessible to more states.