Iranian ‘asymmetric’ warfare

          The research thesis: How much of a threat are Iranian ‘asymmetric’ warfare capabilities and doctrine, to Western interests and the stability of the Gulf region? • From the research expand with regards to maritime, land and air domains together with evolving - information and cyber domains? • Is the maritime threat in littoral waters and at critical ‘chokepoints’ vastly increased by a combination of asymmetric, hybrid, swarm and new/emerging surface/sub-surface, air drone technologies in the 21st Century? • Can we observe that threats to the leading navies of the World are multiplying and major surface ship assets are becoming increasingly vulnerable and potentially unable to operate in littoral environments? • By undermining the freedom to operate in the littoral, or coastal waters, ‘hostile’ states and proxy actors and terrorist groups, increasingly threaten the ability of conventional maritime powers to ‘impose’ their will in ‘critical’ regions?