India, June 21 -- The Israel-Iran confrontation could serve as a template for future wars: decentralized, digitized, deniable, but deeply destabilizing.

As the Iran-Israel conflict escalates, the Middle East finds itself amid a war unlike anything it has seen before. What began with Israel's pre-emptive strike on June 13 targeting Iran's nuclear sites at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow along with high-profile assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and IRGC commanders, has quickly escalated into a confrontation stretching far beyond Tel Aviv and Tehran. Iran's retaliation has included drone and missile attacks on Israeli cities, threats to maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and strikes on US assets in the Gulf. Meanwhile, the Tru...