...Dmitry B. Grafov In his foreign policy, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reconsidered commitments to the United States and NATO allies that limit his political ambitions. Turkey’s military power is actively involved in Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the South Caucasus in an attempt...

...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...

... States out of Syria and seeks any opportunity to demonstrate American vulnerability. There is a triangle of interests for the key regional actors—Turkey, Iran, and Russia—that oppose US interests. The rising confrontation with Washington in Syria triggered Moscow to seek ways of using other potential...

... page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2019 Turkey Saudi Arabia Qatar Gulf Crisis On the morning of 5 June 2017, the world woke up to news of a crisis shaking the Gulf region. In a coordinated move, a coalition comprising Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates...

...Milad Alodet Allah This article examines the indirect negotiations that took place between Syria and Israel in 2008. The five rounds of talks were hosted under the auspices of Turkey, acting as a mediator between the two countries which had not held talks for eight years. The discussions focused...

... 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...