The Middle East is the most strategic and shattered place in the world.
Examining the significance of the region, the natural endowment of the region has over several decades summoned the attention of regional and extra-regional powers of the world to interfere in the crisis in the Middle East, thereby intensifying all facets of differences and complexities in the region.
In a bid to examine the historical, socio-political and economic and religious dispositions of the region, political scientists and analysts have used the shatterbelt theory to describe the affairs of the region.
tag- All facts about the Arab-Israeli Conflicts
On December 6, President Trump made the announcement that the United States would be recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. A little background: When the British conquered Palestine in…
“Impunity in the holy land. Will Israel be held to account for killing Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh?” (Al Jazeera). Shireen Abu Akleh was a Christian Palestinian journalist who…
The Iran-Iraq war started in September 1980 when Iraqi forces officially began a full-scale invasion of Iran, a neighbouring country. Among the factors that led to the outbreak of the…
Emerging as a significant power in the Middle East after the indecisive war with neighbouring Iran, in August 1990, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighbouring…
The Arab League (the League of Arab States)is a union of Arabic-speaking African and Asian countries, formed in Cairo on March 22, 1945, to promote and advance “the independence, sovereignty, affairs, and…
On October 6, 1973, The Arabs still had the hope to regain back their lost territories to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war of 1967. Therefore, Egypt and Syria launched…
Assumed to have been precipitated by the Levant (Egypt, Jordan and Syria) state that made moves against Israel, the Six-Day War was fought based on miscalculated information and the influence…
The Suez Canal crisis of 1956 apparently internationalized the crisis in the Middle East for the first time. The then extra-regional powers that had been secretly influencing the crisis militarily…
As the British mandate expired and they pulled on May 14, 1948, the Israelis proclaimed their independence and the official state of Israel. And this state was quickly recognised by…
The Middle East is the most strategic and shattered place in the world. Examining the significance of the region, the natural endowment of the region has over several decades summoned…