Middle East – 2030

... to get a clearer focus on the variables. Thus, we see that the Middle East, as here defined, has crystallized into two parts: ... ... of Turkey, Iran, and Syria with Russia’s input, and including Iraq which is becoming increasingly self-conscious in its balanced ... ... US-supported axis of Israel and Saudi Arabia at its core, with Egypt being largely dependent upon these two. Saudi Arabia also ... ... other states of the Arab Peninsula. Contested grounds are Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, Gaza, and the West Bank, as well as pockets of Sunni ...