... this region is not stabilized, ISIS will continue to emerge and re-emerge
Professor Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, President of the Middle East Research Institute, shares his thoughts on security issues for the Middle East.
Andrey Kortunov, Michel Duclos:
Helping Iran to Make the Right Choice
Nowadays, Iran is perceived mostly as the source of instability in the region. In your opinion,... ... has to appreciate that the way it is spreading its influence, the way it is actually engaging non-state actors, and allies in Syria and elsewhere in Yemen is not helping. So, basically, neither side is doing it right. That is why we are in a mess. We need ...
Today Syrian armed forces lack discipline, centralization, technical and organizational modernization,... ... the entire state system and its ability to survive. This is especially true in the Middle East where the
role of the military
(see the research of V. Kudelev, M. Sapronova)... ... that, Damascus also resorted to using foreign Shiite militia sponsored primarily by Iran: Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi Liwa al-Zulfikar and Abu Fadl al-Abbas, Iranian IGRC’s...
... Turkey: Yankee Go Home?”,
Security Index: A Russian Journal on International Security
, Vol. 14, No 3.86 (2008), pp. 77-82.... ... “A Regional Arms Race?: Testing the Nuclear Domino Theory in the Middle East",
Al Nakhlam
, at
https://alnakhlah.org/2012/05/01/a-regional-arms-racetesting-the-nuclear-domino-theory-in-the-middle-east-by-rizwan-ladha-2
... ... 2018).
20.
Asli S. Okyay, “Turkey’s Post-2011 Approach to its Syrian Border and its Implications for Domestic Politics”,... ... visited 21December 2017).
23.
Ibid.
24.
Ibid.
25.
“Turkey Welcomes Iran Nuclear Deal, Hopes for ‘Constructive Contribution’ ...
