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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Middle East's New Geopolitical Map

The Middle East's New Geopolitical Map
 
Turkey, Iran and Egypt, heirs to ancient civilizations, are thus asserting themselves against what they see as an Israeli upstart, says Patrick Seale
 
Middle East Online

The Arab Spring is not the only revolution in town. The toppling of dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; the mounting death toll in Syria and Yemen, where the outcome is still undecided; the revival of long-suppressed Islamic movements demanding a share of power; the struggle by young revolutionaries to re-invent the Arab state -- all these dramatic developments have distracted attention from another revolution of equal significance.

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