Turnover of power in the Middle East
As evidence of US disengagement from the Levant grows – the area encompassing Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Israel –the prospects are growing that the political vacuum will be filled by East Asian powers – particularly a China in search of energy self-sufficiency.
Growing capital flows to the Middle East, notably to matu…
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