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© Hannibal Hanschke/dpa/Corbis Last month the world watched rebel forces pour into Tripoli under the banner of Operation Mermaid Dawn. While watching the news, I was struck by a curiosity many of you might have shared: just where exactly do these names c
Without trust and a shared security vision, any 'alliance' in the region will be ineffective
Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units are organizing a military parade on the seventh anniversary of their establishment as a show of strength, but it may also reveal their divisions.
From 1968, when the British government declared its intention to withdraw from the Arabian Gulf by 1971, there was growing interest in the concept of Gulf unity. It bore fruit 40 years ago this month, with the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The GCC is a regional political, economic, military and security organization that consists of six Arab countries that
What's Behind Bin Salman's Rapprochement With Iran The immediate security needs of Saudi Arabia sabotage the long term interests of the country as the chaotic foreign policy making processes persist. Middle Eastern states have started to give signals of radical change in the direction of their foreign policies, which have become a tradition after being followed for many years. The Gulf-Israeli rapprochement, the tendencies of Turkey and Egypt to thaw ties, the mutual desire between Turkey and Israel to strengthen their diplomatic rel...