Politics of the Middle-East
The Middle-East always tends to differentiate itself from the rest of the world, in terms of complexity, speciality and its unstoppable conflicts. Moreover, the busy intersection of local, regional and global interests has always kept the region's name in Headlines. The blog mainly provides experts, students, readers and journalists with useful knowledge, analysis and better understanding of politics of the whole Middle-East. It also supplies the reader with an inner view of the region written by a native specialist.
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The Saudi-Russian recent rapprochement is definitely not a coincidence and the decision to reset those relations had been made three years ago. It all started with King Salman taking power in Saudi Arabia in January of 2015. The newly assigned, aged…
The official referendum for Iraqi Kurdistan is soon. The referendum which is designed to sense the will of Iraqi Kurds about independence from Iraq and starting a Kurdish state among Iran, Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Theoretically, this might seem…
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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements 33 (31%) U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity 30 (28%) U.S. wants to dissolve Russia 24 (22%) U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China 21 (19%)
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