Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

The spread of new military technologies in the international system and its impact on the environmental conditions of future wars in the Middle East (2025-2035)

Articles in Press

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
sabah jaber 1
hamid reza saeedynezhad 2
shahram fatahi 3
1 PhD student in Political Science (Iranian Issues Orientation), Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University Kermanshah, Iran (Corresponding author)
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
10.22034/csiw.2026.734799
Abstract
One of the main axes that has attracted the attention of all analysts of the international system on military-security issues from the perspective of strategic studies is the issue of which direction the expansion of emerging technologies in this environment will lead the competition in the international system and the Middle East region in the coming decade. Now the question is, what effect will the expansion of new technologies in the international environment have on the environmental conditions of future wars in the Middle East? It seems that the expansion of emerging technologies, in addition to causing the formation of a type of digital cold war between the great powers (America and China), will create competition on various axes and regional polarizations in the Middle East, with the help of the international environment, and future wars will move more towards combined and fluid wars. The present study has been developed with a futuristic and applied perspective, with a qualitative method and a descriptive-analytical approach. The findings of this study show that future wars will move towards combined and hybrid wars with the advent of emerging technologies such as (artificial intelligence, quantum and 5G technologies, drones).
Keywords
Future wars
hybrid warfare
fifth generation technologies (G5)
artificial intelligence
micro-birds
Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 25 February 2026

  • Receive Date 11 March 2025
  • Revise Date 14 September 2025
  • Accept Date 14 October 2025