The Persian Gulf Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman share similarities in terms of economic development patterns, state governing models and social lifestyles (Martin, 1984). One of the main common characteristics of these countries are the oil-driven economies, autocratic monarchical rule and religion based politics (Barnes and Jaffe, 2006). Strategically, Abu …

The 54-year Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory, namely, Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a sign of the international community’s lack of accountability in front of grave and repeated breaches of international law, including serious human rights violations.  Since the occupation began in 1967, Israel has gradually developed a dual legal regime that favors Israelis and their …

The foundation of the modern state of Saudi Arabia has been based on the idea of an expansion of the territories controlled by the Saud family with the help of the Wahabit beduins. But as the Wahabit forces grew stronger the monarch Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud sought the cooperation of the British who were in Kuwait and Iraq. This unprecedented …

On Sunday 27 June, the United States deployed strikes in Iraq on the Iraqi-Syrian border, killing at least five people (Le Monde, 2021). However, it was not armed groups sympathetic to the Iraqi regime that the American aggressor was targeting, but a pro-Iranian militia. This operation, the second of its kind since Biden took office, follows targeted attacks by Iranian-backed …

President Joe Biden is programmed to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 14 during his tour of European allies. American-Turkish relations have been under strain in recent years due to Ankara’s diplomatic flirts with non-Western powers, especially Russia, and its involvement in the Syrian civil war. Furthermore Turkey’s ambition to gain independence from foreign weaponry and technology is …