External Support Prolongs Wars and Complicates Their Resolution, Researcher Says

International relations researcher Mohamed Othman said external support can prolong wars and make them harder to resolve.

Othman pointed to shared features between the war in Ukraine and the confrontation with Iran, despite major differences in geography and political context.

His comparison focused on similarities between the conflicts without presenting their circumstances as identical. The distinction leaves their separate political settings central to understanding each confrontation.

Othman’s assessment highlighted outside support as a factor in the duration of fighting and the difficulty of bringing conflicts to a decisive conclusion.