1 How Britain begat the UAE & Qatar The winter of 1967-1968 was a time of crisis for the British economy. Many Arab leaders were convinced Britain had secretly helped Israel to victory over its Arab neighbors in the Six Day War of June 1967. Israel had captured East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, the […]
The story continues from Part 1 The Sinai Insurgency This was an insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt which was started by Islamist militants against Egyptian security forces, which have also included attacks on civilians. The insurgency began during the Egyptian Crisis, during which the longtime Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in the 2011 Egyptian revolution ; the country became increasingly destabilized, creating a security vacuum in […]
The election of Donald Trump as the next American president has added a major new element of uncertainty to a Middle Eastern picture that had already achieved its highest state of confusion, violence, and uncertainty in its modern history. The factors that will determine the policies Trump will pursue there are many, and they are all […]
The Rise of Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) “Modernizing Saudi Arabia” and the Middle East Geopolitical Chessboard Saudi Arabia is undergoing a dramatic shift in decades. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad bin Salman made unexpectedly a gigantic leap into becoming potential successor of Salman bin Abdulaziz. The question that flashes to mind in the context of the recent and […]
That’s the words on everybody’s lips these days. It’s a study in geopolitics. To better understand the present, we shall do a bit of background. Qatar gained independence from Britain in 1971. Britain was withdrawing from most of its overseas possessions due to financial pressure. It’s a very small country ruled by the Al Thani […]
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