... hosting joint cultural events, festivals, and bilateral days of culture.
Lebanon cannot be described as China’s main focus, but Lebanon is still of great interest to Beijing due to its geographical location even if there are more strategically “useful” partners in the Greater Middle East and in the Mashriq (for example, Syria and Iraq attract much more Chinese investment). The ports of Tripoli and Beirut ... ... part of the Iraqi debt (the penalty interest is still unknown at the moment).
Against this background, China’s relations with Israel seem to be totally different, which is interesting. China and Israel have a large number of agreements in various areas ...
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On July 28, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Center for Political Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, with the support of the Embassy of Israel in Russia held a closed online seminar “Assessing the Middle East conflicts (Lebanon, Iraq and Libya). View from Russia and Israel”. The event was attended by leading experts and diplomats from Russia and Israel.
The seminar was divided into two sessions: "Political instability in Lebanon and Iraq: View from Russia and Israel" and "Libya: between Turkey, Egypt ...
... than ever.
Conclusions
The expected re-election of US President Donald Trump will continue to have profound implications on the Middle East, and the inability to predict Western actions in the region and the profound absence of a coherent policy will affect regional actors such as Turkey, Iran and Israel. Thus, the Gulf is slated to explode even without war on Iran because the whole region is divided based on each country’s ... ... would determine the future of conflicts in many countries starting from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and the future government in Lebanon, Iraq and Algeria, Turkey and Iran. It is also expected that many MENA capitals will witness protests that would change ...
... Arabia work together. Also vectors of power are strong from Iran with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and potentially Bahrain and Qatar. And vectors of power a very strong... ... Turkey into northern Syria and northern Iraq. The USA works military especially through Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, but with cooperation also in Iraq and with Kurds in... ... some countries, notably Saudi Arabia.
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Islam
is not going to be the constant which many experts expect. Islam...