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Turkey and Russia Remain at Odds as Libya Edges Towards Political Settlement

Ivan Bocharov’s Interview for Ahval Last month, Libya’s warring factions agreed on a joint administration to lead the country until elections scheduled for December. Abdul ... ... complicated by a sea of armed factions with deep grudges against one another and often backed by competing international powers. Turkey has thrown its support behind the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, while Russia, Egypt and the United Arab ...

31.03.2021

2020 Forecast: Revealing the Future of the Middle East

... 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 national interests which contradict other states. Regarding the civil war in Libya, security will aggravate in the country, mainly in Tripoli, unless an agreement is reached among militant groups in addition ...

13.01.2020

Russia's “Wait and See” Policies and the Libyan Settlement

In any scenario of settlement of the Libyan issue, Russia will have something to offer the new authorities Despite the ... ... Russia's cautious engagement and maintained contacts Andrey Kortunov: The Future of the Middle East: Horizons of Challenges and Opportunities Today, the situation in Libya... ... participation of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt on the side of Haftar, as well as support from Turkey and Qatar for al-Sarraj's GNA, explained the entire dynamic of the conflict....

23.12.2019

The Oxymoronic Déjà Vu of Humanitarian Bombing in Syria

In light of the recent developments in Syria and the apparently imminent US military intervention, the blog will take a short break from its relatively academic style and its thematic focus in order to brainstorm and share some thoughts on the broader picture of what is happening in the geopolitical arena of the region. Dangerous Double Standards Bashar al-Assad has reportedly used chemical weapons to attack, essentially, his own people. The first, logically obvious question is why would Assad essentially...

07.09.2013

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