It comes even easier when the target is someone they consider an ally
Cinzia Bianco said the UAE was “restraining their reactions” on the cartoon issue
It comes even easier when the target is someone they consider an ally
Cinzia Bianco said the UAE was “restraining their reactions” on the cartoon issue
In the eastern Mediterranean and more generally across the Middle East France needs to build out its ties and chaperone a geopolitical Europe if it really wants to lead
Op-ed by Cinzia Bianco in La Croix on the French strategy in the Middle-East and with the Gulf States
He will certainly be closer to Saudi Arabia and to the United Arab Emirates than to Iran
Cinzia Bianco is quoted by L'Orient le Jour regarding the nomination of a new crown prince in Kuwait
“Meshal is seen as part of the security apparatus [and] certainly closer to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates than to Iran as other candidates.”
Cinzia Bianco commenting on Kuwaiti emir naming a top security official as crown prince
The new emir Sheikh Nawaf could be viewed more as a caretaker than a watershed new leader, according to Cinzia Bianco
Cinzia Bianco comments the power shift in Quwait
This competition happpening behind the scenes can have an impact on Kuwait’s position vis-a-vis relations with Iran and Iraq, as well as on its capacity to mediate the crisis is Qatar
Cinzia Bianco is quoted by l'Orient le Jour regarding the challenges the new emir of Kuwait will have to face
Turkey believes that a slowly emerging superstructure of political, economic, and security interests will inevitably challenge its regional position. This has transformed an economic competition into an existential struggle.
The Danish newspaper quotes from the Deep Sea Rivals report
Behind the scenes, however, younger princes would likely continue to compete to succeed him
Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed should be viewed more as a caretaker than as a watershed new leader, explains Cinzia Bianco
Cinzia Bianco quoted by The Telegraph on Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq