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2020 Forecast: Revealing the Future of the Middle East

... As for Bahrain which is almost connected in its domestic and foreign policies with Saudi Arabia, it is slated that Manama will proceed further with the current trend of... ... stability. Other Key Players Irina Zviagelskaya, Nikolay Surkov: Russian Policy in the Middle East: Dividends and Costs of the Big Game Israel Some important geopolitical... ... the Gulf region (the increasing activities of Iranian naval forces) and Hezbollah in Lebanon will be taken seriously by Israel due to reluctance of the US administration...

13.01.2020

analytics

Middle East – 2030

... economy with substantial military power. Foreign companies are managed on Iraqi conditions, and Iraq successfully balances USA, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the EU. Syria with Russian and Iranian management on the ground, and benevolence from Turkey, experiences successful reconstruction – first by China, soon followed up by the EU. The Baath party continues, with new leaders. Lebanon is stabilized and becomes again “the Switzerland of the Middle East”. Kurdish areas may experience their own future, or a future joint with Syria/Iraq, respectively. With the US support,...

09.01.2019

expert column

Poll conducted

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%)