Rather than being on the verge of a Shia – Sunni war with potentially devastating consequences for the Middle East and the word, it seems likely that Iran and Saudi Arabia will experience a cold war making peaceful resolution of the region´s conflicts more difficult.
Syria and the Search for a New World Order
Syria takes center stage as the world’s current flashpoint as negotiations over its future start and both the U.S. and Russia commit their military to the 4 and a half year old conflict.
Keep watching the Middle East!
Amongst other topics, the World Economic Forum in Davos will spend a considerable amount of time on the Middle East …
Tony Hayward’s Bet on Kurdistan
Tony Hayward’s investment in iraqi Kurdistan appears to paying off as the region pushed for independence from the rest of the country which appears to be at the brink due to the advance of the ISIL …
Time to Partition Iraq?
Perhaps the wisest thing the international community could do would be to give up on a map drawn by Europeans and use its influence to create stable countries for each of Iraq’s three parts …