The visit of the Somaliland president to Israel was a historic moment. The geopolitical map of West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean is being radically redrawn, shifting away from traditional, non-aligned posturing toward an explicit, hard-nosed security calculus. In his February 2026 visit to Israel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi famously declared India's alignment with Israel to be driven by “full conviction.” This occurred precisely two days before the historic demise of Iranian