... adversary"was gone. NATO started looking for new “threats,"eventually identifying a number of Middle Eastern states, such as Iran, Syria and Iraq [
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]. As Western rhetoric about the danger of the Iranian nuclear program and the need to “deter” Iran ... ... creating regional security systems with Russia as a participant.” [
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] Both Turkey and Russia cooperate within a number of international security organizations, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as member countries,...
... President Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq got most of its weapons from the United States.
Ambassador of Iraq to Russia: the War against Islamic State in Iraq is Won
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has been trying to gradually rebuild its ties with Iraq on ... ... as a factor in influencing regional policy. Russia clearly understands that its possibilities in the country are limited, as Iran and the United States are the main foreign players with direct influence on Iraq. Saudi Arabia, which took a number of steps ...
... single regional system of relations. At the same time, the report’s ignoring of Turkey’s role, a negative view of Iran and the lack of any mention of the Maghreb set the geographical map of the system it describes as extending from Syria in ... ... complicate the building of a regional security system in the coming years.
Point No. 7.
The territorial terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), which has emerged in immediate proximity to the GCC’s borders, constitutes a new threat. It’s ...