... the future of conflicts in many countries starting from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and the future government in Lebanon, Iraq ... ... security challenges. The establishment of collective security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the reformation of collective ... ... a high risk of conflict in spheres of influence between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey and other rising regional powers which ... ... Israel’s intransigence concerning the Palestinian issue, East Jerusalem and the expectation that the Israeli government would annex ...
... Flynt Leverett, professor of the University of Pennsylvania, titled
US Election Note Middle East Policy After 2016
. Leverett dwells on the future of the US Middle East... ... claim that Obama’s presidency saw a change in the US relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia is questionable. Israel has been and remains the US’ main ally in... ... – America withdrew only to return, and there appeared new sources of trouble in Syria and Libya. And these challenges are far more serious than “Iran’s...
... have been quite a challenge for Washington to engage in cooperation with Moscow over Syria under the Vienna accords, i.e. with the participation of President Assad’s... ... White House and the Kremlin Strategizing
Many in Washington believe that the current Middle Eastern security system is far from adequate to prevent crises, as well as unable... ... President Obama’s course of action is hardly the primary factor that has pushed Saudi Arabia into confronting Iran. Nevertheless, against the backdrop of a major economic...
....66 billion.
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Boris Dolgov, Omar Mahmood:
The Syrian Conflict: Russian and GCC
Perspectives
The U.S. allies largely ... ... However, the U.S. seems to have lost some of its leverage in the Middle East. The Obama administration has also partially reconsidered ... ... approved the sale of over 19,000 smart bombs worth USD 1.29 billion Saudi Arabia to replenish its arsenal, which had been depleted ... ... the State Department laconically responding “the Saudi refusal is their own business.” However, analysts believe that ...
... responsible for KSA’s foreign policy in war-torn regions of the Middle East, as well as for domestic security policy. Both Abu ... ... architecture.”
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Nikolay Soukhov:
One Thousand and One Nights: Barack Obama
on Missile Defence in the Persian ... ... components in place already, such as short-range Patriot systems in Saudi Arabia and THAAD systems in Qatar, but the new agreement ... ... touched upon mutual concerns about the situation in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. But no real progress seems to have been reached ...
