... that their interests in Syria are not shaky after all the sacrifices both countries have made to protect the regime and keep Syria united. The draft constitution proposed will be approved based on the partial decentralisation of power, which could lead ... ... in both KSA and UAE and this time by targeting entities of civic services to convey stronger messages to their leaderships.
Kuwait
In Kuwait, there is a new government, and new parliamentary elections will be held in 2020, paving the way for the country ...
... generally, the US position in the North is weak and tends to weaken further. A
South
has a strong US-supported axis of Israel and Saudi Arabia at its core, with Egypt being largely dependent upon these two. Saudi Arabia also projects power towards Kuwait and the other states of the Arab Peninsula. Contested grounds are Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, Gaza, and the West Bank, as well as pockets of Sunni insurgents in Syria and Iraq.
Some areas will change in less obvious ways, more gradually.
Turkey
is rather successfully defining a self-conscious new and very independent geopolitical position for itself. Turkey must be expected to continue on this path for 10–15 ...
Despite differences over Syria and the Iranian nuclear deal, contemporary GCC-Russian relations are arguably at an apex, both in terms of shared interests and mutual understanding
Russian and GCC commentators are well-acquainted with the Western views regarding the GCC region....
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http://www.fikraforum.org/?p=7907#.Vi5fuoS2OHp
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http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/mar/31/us-eu-kuwait-pledge-more-than-2bn-aid-syrians-un
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0eb2e124-7974-11e5-933d-efcdc3c11c89.html#axzz3qSYebNZj
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34411477
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-lister/russias-intervention-in-s_b_8350266.html " target="_blank" ...
