Posted by seumasach on March 10, 2014
Arab states withdraw ambassadors from Qatar in protest at ‘interference’
5th March, 2014
In a rare public spat that has highlighted deep political divisions in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have all withdrawn their ambassadors from Qatar in protest at Doha’s “interference in their internal affairs”.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Arab revolution, GCC, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama's realist turn, qatar | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2012
Thierry Meyssan
5th February, 2012
Contrary to her position at the time of the attack on Iraq, in the case of Syria France failed to defend the principles of international law, rallying instead the imperial camp and its lies. Together with the United Kingdom and the United States, she has suffered a diplomatic defeat of historic proportions, while Russia and China have become the champions of the sovereignty of peoples and peace. The new international balance of power is not only a consequence of the United States’ military decline, it is also a penalty for their falling prestige. Ultimately, Western powers have lost the leadership they enjoyed throughout the twentieth century, having forsaken all legitimacy by betraying their own values.
Posted in Multipolar world, Syria | Tagged: end of the unipolar world, GCC, thierry meyssan | 2 Comments »
Posted by seumasach on January 19, 2012
Pepe Escobar
20th January, 2012
There’s no way to understand the larger-than-life United States-Iran psychodrama, the Western push for regime change in both Syria and Iran, and the trials and tribulations of the Arab Spring(s) – now mired in perpetual winter – without a close look at the fatal attraction between Washington and the GCC. [1]
Posted in Currency Wars | Tagged: Chinese soft power, GCC | 1 Comment »
Posted by seumasach on December 14, 2011
Pepe Escobar
15th December, 2011
Every grain of sand in the Syrian desert now knows there won’t be a “responsibility to protect”-enabled North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) “humanitarian” intervention to provoke regime change in Damascus. A protracted war like in Libya is not feasible – even though those faultless democratic practitioners, the House of Saud, have offered to pay for it, lavishly.
Posted in Syria | Tagged: Burhan Ghalioun, Free Syria Army (FSA), GCC, National Council (SNC) | 1 Comment »
Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2008
The multipolar world is no longer a theory or an aspiration: it is a reality unfolding before our eyes.
Kaveh Afrasiabi
On the eve of the United States presidential elections, a landmark visit to Tehran by the head of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been widely regarded in the Persian Gulf region as a major diplomatic overture toward Tehran by the US-backed oil sheikdoms.
Posted in Iran, Multipolar world | Tagged: GCC, Iranophobia, Russian diplomacy, SCO | Leave a Comment »
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