Iran may steal Turkey’s role 7 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Hasan Rouhani, Iran, Mehmet Ögütçü, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) April 7, 2015, p. 11
By Gila Benmayor
Energy expert and strategist Mehmet Öğütçü answered my questions on what kind of role Iran would take in energy and how the nuclear program deal would affect Turkey. (suite…)
Gulf alliances: Regional states hedge bets 7 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Gulf states, James M. Dorsey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) April 7, 2015, p. 7
James M. Dorsey *
The current Saudi-led intervention in Yemen designed to prevent Iranian-backed forces from gaining power symbolizes the Gulf’s new assertiveness. This is unfolding as the various Gulf states seek to hedge their bets with different strategies that complement rather than replace the regional US security umbrella. (suite…)