... ties with China. Although Kuwait has joined the One Belt, One Road initiative and counts on Chinese investment in the Silk City project, it is not keen on developing military cooperation with Beijing. The same is true for Bahrain.
China and U.S. in the Middle East
The rapid development of ties between China and the Gulf states is of considerable concern to the United States. Especially when it comes to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The leaders of these nations have to keep the U.S. reaction in mind every time they intend to develop joint projects with China, as was evident, for example, in the issue of the KSA’s accession to BRICS. As Chinese experts point out, countries ...
... tackle the growing security challenges. The establishment of collective security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the reformation of collective security in Europe... ... Middle East will undergo a high risk of conflict in spheres of influence between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey and other rising regional powers which seek to play a pivotal... ... their war with other parties and countries is a “to be or not to be”. KSA and the UAE will try through some agents to target the leader of the Houthis Abdul Malek Al...
... and why was it established?
RIAC Infographic “Military Power of the States of the Middle East and North Africa”
We were founded in 2015, and I am the founder of the... ... are very close to Europe. In terms of the trend, Europe is increasingly engaging with Saudi Arabia in terms of security, in an assortment of economic projects, religious... ... the EU and the new delegation to Kuwait is an indication of their relationship. The UAE too is allied to nearly all EU states.
Saudi Arabia accused Qatar of supporting...
A Future Study
The Middle East is of essential importance to the world. It serves as a center for the world’s ... ... 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... ... increase in tensions (as described above).
Yemen
continues to be war-torn. Kuwait, the UAE and Oman continue their current path.
The North
Iran
will in all cases continue...
... the Houthi movement and the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, formed a tactical alliance. Hadi, in turn, took refuge in Saudi Arabia, which intervened in Yemen’s domestic conflict. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in conjunction with the Gulf Coalition ... ... 300,000 confirmed cases of cholera. The humanitarian situation in Yemen has continued to deteriorate.
Sergey Serebrov:
The Middle East and a New Round of Escalation of the War in Yemen
The clashes that took place last week were triggered by Saleh’s ...
... international collective security system — its inclusive nature. It goes without saying that leading Arab nations — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and others — have to play a decisive role in building such a system. However, can one ignore non-Arab states of the region -such as Iran, Turkey and Israel? These states are no less interested in a stable, predictable, prosperous and vibrant Middle East than their Arab neighbors are. It would be not only unfair, but also highly shortsighted to remove any of these states ...
...
https://www.iea.org/oilmarketreport/reports/2015/0815/
[19]
Ibid.
[20]
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with Saudi Arabia:
https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2015/pr15383.htm
[21]
Regional Economic Outlook Update Middle East and Central Asia Department May 2015, Statistical Appendix, IMF:
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2015/mcd/eng/pdf/mreo0515st.... ... FT, September 7, 2015:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5ee82ce2-553b-11e5-8642-453585f2cfcd.html#axzz3mFpTTxV3
[26]
Boost for UAE-Iran trade, Khaleej Times, July 15, 2015:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/economy/boost-for-uae-iran-trade
[27]
MIDEAST ...