..., that is to end the misery of Yemenis, compounded by the pandemic, is a question set against the power balance required by the US-led financial class to maintain its dollar hegemony ( Liu 2002 ). In addition to Iran’s window on Hormuz, a sovereign Yemeni state that could threaten to encumber Bab-al-Mandeb would...

...Shady Ahmed Mansour; Yara Yehia Ahmed This article explains the active policies adopted by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) towards the Horn of Africa, which could be attributed to the existence of rival regional powers, especially Iran and Turkey, and their adoption of policies...

... throughout the 1990s encouraged Doha to prioritize autonomy from the Kingdom’s geopolitical orbit and to pursue a policy of independence, so as to secure its autonomy from Saudi Arabia. Increased and developed relations with Iran have been one of the instruments to achieve Qatari independence ( Cafiero 2016...

... leadership as a source of ‘ontological security’. CONTACT Amr G. E. Sabet © 2017 The Centre for Arab Unity Studies 2017 Critical junctures dissonance Egypt geopolitics identity Iran keying Gamal Abdel Nasser path dependency peace treaty process tracing securitization security...

...Maryam Al-Bolushi This research paper focuses on Gulf–Iran relations within the framework of the bilateral relationship between Oman and Iran. This relationship is unique as well as distinct from Oman’s relations with the other nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and has a direct...

... and uranium. The mechanisms of influence – employed by various powers including Israel, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (among others) – range from trade and economic incentives to joint business ventures and agreements to exchanges – technical, educational and cultural – as well cultural and religious...

... and North Africa (MENA) or whether as affiliated to the European Union via a Mediterranean Union based on trade relations, the exclusion or inclusion in the Middle East is not a simple matter where regional players such as Iran and Turkey have historical extraterritorial ambitions which would, yet again...

...Gabi El-Khoury © 2008 The Centre for Arab Unity Studies 2008 Military capabilities military expenditures Arab countries Iran Turkey Israel STATISTICAL FILE Military capabilities of Arab countries: quantitative assessments of conventional weapons Gabi El-Khoury Centre for Arab Unity...