... Qatar intensifies its contacts with Iran and broadens its cooperation in a bid to advocate itself later on as a mediator between Iran and other parties. And this will likely strengthen Qatari position in the region in 2020.
UAE and KSA
Any military intervention ... ... implementing with much effort. The year 2020 also marks the start of the countdown to the implementation of reform programs in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for 2030 (Kuwait is 2035 and Oman 2040) based on the achievement of ...
... women’s roles in it.
In your monograph titled “Small State, Dangerous Region: A Strategic Assessment of Bahrain” you focused on this country in the Gulf. Could you please tell us what this book is about?
Andrey Kortunov, Michel Duclos:
Helping Iran to Make the Right Choice
Bahrain is a very good example of a small country surviving a very difficult strategic environment. If you think about the Gulf, one thinks of both the regional powers such as Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the global actors: the US, UK, Russia. I decided ...
... threat posed by Iran to be exaggerated).
Certainly, Iran gained significant influence in Iraq after the US invasion, while it maintains close ties to the Assad regime and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Together with the increased activity of Shia opposition in Bahrain and the Houthis in Yemen (the latter of which have a debatable relationship with Iran), these developments across the Arabian Peninsula have caused Saudi Arabia to adopt a new, comprehensive strategy as a countermeasure, accelerated by changes at the top of the Saudi power structure.
EPA
Abdolrasool Divsallar:
Judging the Effects: ...
... sustainable development of their shared natural resources, they need at least a pragmatic relationship with Iran. At the 2012 Munich Security Conference, Qatar’s foreign minister urged the international community to launch serious dialogue with the Iranians.
www.parsnaz.ir
Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE welcomed the final nuclear agreement cautiously, by saying that they hope it would help improve the region’s stability and security. Saudi Arabia was even clearer by saying that the nuclear deal should prevent Iran from ...
... the plot, with plenty of evidence
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Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have repeatedly accused Iran of interfering in their affairs and of supporting groups who wish to overthrow the monarchies. In fact, some Iranian officials have gone as far as to claim Bahrain as Iran’s 14th province. Furthermore, Hezbollah associate groups in the GCC states have carried out a multitude of attacks since the 1979 revolution. Saudi Hezbollah and Hezbollah Al-Kuwait have attempted and successfully conducted a series of attacks ...
