APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from March 2009

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from March 2009

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 33 - US Concerns.(US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement)
March 16, 2009... US experts warn that, if Iraq slips back into chaos, President Barack Obama will find little desire among Jordanians, Saudis, Syrians and Turks for taking the hard steps to forge a durable peace with Israel - or among Iranians to reach a...

The Saudi Diplomatic Offensive.
March 16, 2009... In parallel, Saudi Arabia is leading a Sunni coalition in the Muslim world in the following three-pronged initiative: 1. To get all Arab states, including Syria, to stop letting the Iran-led axis of anti-US/anti-Israel forces in the GME...

The Turkish Dimension.
March 16, 2009... Taking advantage of cool relations between Washington and Ankara, Moscow recently invited Turkish President Abdullah Gul for a four-day state visit to Russia to discuss a wide array of economic and political issues. In addition to siding up to...

Top US Envoys To Assad.
March 16, 2009... During her first visit to Israel, Mrs Clinton on March 3 said she was sending top State Department official Jeffrey Feltman and National Security Council member Dan Shapiro to meet President Assad in Damascus. She said: "We have no way to...

Kurdish Warning To Baghdad.
March 16, 2009... Kurdistan PM Nechirvan Barzani recently outlined the deep rift in relations between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). He said: "the US has to exert pressure on Baghdad to solve the pending issues between the two... If the...