{"id":49105,"date":"2012-01-07T23:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T21:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=49105"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:05:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:05:54","slug":"turkey-and-iran-carve-up-a-ruptured-arab-world-csmonitor-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2012\/01\/07\/turkey-and-iran-carve-up-a-ruptured-arab-world-csmonitor-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey and Iran carve up a ruptured Arab world &#8211; CSMonitor.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many analysts say the Middle East is the focus of a geopolitical power struggle between the United States and Iran. That misses the primary thread of events \u2013 namely, the ongoing soft partition of the Arab republics between Turkey and Iran, with Turkey the stronger power.<\/p>\n<p>By Jason Pack and Martin van Creveld \/ January 6, 2012<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49107\" title=\"maliki_full_380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/maliki_full_380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/maliki_full_380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/maliki_full_380-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to his supporters in Baghdad Dec. 31. The last two weeks\u2019 events have removed any doubt that Mr. Maliki is \u201cIran\u2019s man\u201d in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Karim Kadim<\/p>\n<p>Enlarge<\/p>\n<p>During the last decade many right-wing American and Israeli analysts have described the geostrategic struggles unfolding in the Middle East as a new \u201ccold war\u201d pitting the United States against Shiite Iran. They have warned of an Arab \u201cShiite crescent\u201d \u2013 stretching from Lebanon to Iraq \u2013 connected to Iran via ties of religion, commerce, and geostrategy.<\/p>\n<p>Gallery: Monitor Political Cartoons<\/p>\n<p>The new year has started with an attempted Shiite power play by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to dominate the government, and an Iranian demonstration of missile and nuclear fuel rod capacity coupled with threats to close the Straits of Hormuz if Iranian oil exports are blocked.<\/p>\n<p>These events can be interpreted as ample evidence of Iranian expansionism, combined with fears that Iran will obtain a nuclear weapon, rendering its present regime and regional clients untouchable.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED OPINION: Six ways to improve US relations in the new Middle East<\/p>\n<p>What this view of the Middle East overlooks is the fact that both the US and Iran are mired in internal political and economic difficulties. Simultaneously, inside the region, both are being outmaneuvered by an ascendant Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>via Turkey and Iran carve up a ruptured Arab world &#8211; CSMonitor.com.<\/p>\n<p>more &gt;&gt; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many analysts say the Middle East is the focus of a geopolitical power struggle between the United States and Iran. That misses the primary thread of events \u2013 namely, the ongoing soft partition of the Arab republics between Turkey and Iran, with Turkey the stronger power. 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