Middle East – 2030
... the other states of the Arab Peninsula. Contested grounds are Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, Gaza, and the West Bank, as well as pockets of Sunni insurgents in Syria and Iraq. Some areas will change in less obvious ways, more gradually.... ... or destabilize into a “Gaza-situation.” The Gulf states of Kuwait , the United Arab Emirates and Oman are with a relatively ... ... probability expected to continue their existing path. The futures of Bahrain and Qatar, however, depend highly on developments in Saudi ... ... power dynamics are especially strong from Saudi Arabia. Today, Egypt depends on Saudi Arabian money for stability, and Egypt is ...