2020 Forecast: Revealing the Future of the Middle East

... Tehran's failure to protect its vulnerable population from harsh sanctions will lead to more unrest, violence and the erosion of the Iranian regime's legitimacy. The sanctions have primarily secured the regime's policies, and this is unlikely to change in 2020 if there are no improvements in Iran's economic conditions and a radical change in the mindset of the American administration. Turkey Turkey’s sway in regional affairs will increase. Turkey will continue to play the double Dutch foreign policy cunningly between both Western and Eastern ...