"First, these rebellions fit into the context of a regional chessboard, what I call the Middle East cold war. On one side stands the "resistance" bloc led by Iran and including Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Qatar; it seeks to shake up the existing order with a new one, more piously Islamic and hostile to the West. On the other side stands the status quo bloc led by Saudi Arabia and including most of the rest of the region (implicitly including Israel); it prefers things to stay more or less as they are."
PS Can someone tell Daniel Pipes that no, he was not the one who coined the phrase "Middle East Cold War" as he seems to say here. It was Malcolm Kerr.
PS Can someone tell Daniel Pipes that no, he was not the one who coined the phrase "Middle East Cold War" as he seems to say here. It was Malcolm Kerr.
