“The Russians need us commercially more than we need them. The entire global market is our playground, from Australia to Hawaii. We are traders by birth and culture. The GCC countries produce more than 26 percent of the world’s oil. We are gradually transforming into a global market for gas supplies and renewable energy, in particular, solar energy. We truly could do without them.”
Saudi Gazette - Slow down trade with Russia, GCC firms urged - 0 views
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the GCC is looking to adapt to recent global economic and trade developments. This means seeking to strengthen ties with other fast-growing and influential countries such as Brazil, China and India, without neglecting trade relations with current primary partners. These international changes, which include the European Union’s enforced trade restrictions on GCC countries, require the GCC to reform its global economic relations
Turkey remains popular for Middle Eastern nations, TESEV study finds - 0 views
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Syria is the least trusting of Turkey among the 16 countries where the survey was conducted, with 44 percent saying they had a positive sentiment toward Turkey, while only 30 percent said they were pleased with Turkey's reaction to regional development in the past year. Only 31 percent said Turkey could be a model for Syria to look to, but 58 percent said they believed Turkey had important contributions to make to peace in the Middle East.
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5 percent of Syrian respondents said they supported violent protest methods, compared to 95 percent in Libya
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40 percent of all participants saying their country's biggest problem was the economy. Sixty-two percent of respondents, however, said they were hopeful about the future, based on the recent transformation the area has undergone over the past year. However, these figures fell to 47 percent when respondents were queried about the prospects of their own home country.
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The Associated Press: Israel proposes West Bank barrier as border - 0 views
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it was routed in a way that raised questions about Israel's claim that it was a temporary security measure — weaving through the West Bank, looping wide around some settlements to leave room for expansion, and looking very much like a border a future Israeli government might argue for. The Palestinians condemned it from the start as a land grab.
The Empires Strike Back - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Sharing does not equal endorsement!
False Flag - By Mark Perry | Foreign Policy - 0 views
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You know, they're supposed to be a strategic asset. Well, guess what? There are a lot of people now, important people, who just don't think that's true.
BBC News - Iran 'influenced' Iraq over US troops' exit - 0 views
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we do not want an excuse for the Iranians to intervene in Iraq on the pretext that you have American troops
Contain and Constrain Iran - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Even in slow motion, this is no game for amateurs
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the big loser from the Arab Spring has been Iran because the uprisings are about accountability and representation, which is precisely what the Iranian Revolution denied its authors after promising freedom. Nobody finds inspiration in the Iranian model.
Pride is behind both Iranian public appetite for nuclear program and fallout of any mil... - 0 views
Arab leaders shouldn't kill their people? | Marc Lynch - 0 views
BBC News - Arab Spring revolution at the Arab League - 0 views
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one of the standard-bearers of Arab nationalism, the Syrian Arab Republic, is now excluded from the body committed to Arab unity. Members of the Syrian opposition - just the sort of activists whom the Arab League members happily ignored or repressed for years - are being invited to Arab League headquarters, for the League to help them co-ordinate their efforts.
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Qatar is taking advantage of the turmoil in the region to seize its moment of leadership.
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For years commentators said the League could not agree to act because it was so divided. Now, in theory, it should be all the more divided between democracies and Arab autocracies. Yet, remarkably, in recent months it has taken two of the most decisive moves in its 66 years of history.
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