Iran possibly next to attack or be attacked, I reckon. Could even involve themselves with Pakistan, maybe?
Thinking with this India-Pakistan situation kicking off, there’s a chance nations are feeling a little more bold considering Russia-Ukraine and perhaps particularly Israel-Palestine have been allowed to rumble on.
Syria-Turkey is still going on in the background as well isn’t it?
Afghanistan are finding themselves in the middle of a storm again; Iraq isn’t exactly stable either.
Arab Spring scaled up to nation states? (Albeit not all Arab).
Assessments over there will be along the lines of “interventions have been minimal, US isn’t interested in playing police, NATO and UN is weakened as a result, Europe is stretched supporting Ukraine, Russia is a little preoccupied, China is either on side already, could be on side to win or build stronger allies (or if not then potentially reluctant to step in against someone as it tries to take advantage politically of trading opportunities elsewhere, but likely a source of purchased hardware either way).”.