Russia and Turkey: Approaches to Regional Security in the Middle East

... gone. NATO started looking for new “threats,"eventually identifying a number of Middle Eastern states, such as Iran, Syria and Iraq [ 13 ]. As Western rhetoric about... ... was counterproductive since there was no longer a threat to “deter,"and that NATO was unable to counter the new challenges and threats [ 14 ]. The nuclear control... ... also due to a series of nationhood crises in the region and the Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran rivalries. The general belief is that Israel is the only country in the...