ABSTRACT
Chapter 6 answers the following questions: What binds Iran, Russia and China in MENA despite their occasional differences on a tactical level? How do Russia, Iran and China’s anti-US policy in MENA serve their national interests? How is the MENA’s political, economic and security environment changing as a result? This chapter concludes with a detailed geopolitical account of the resulting shifts in threats and opportunities facing various regional powers, namely Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt.
