MANAMA, Bahrain — The popular revolts shaking the Arab world have begun to shift the balance of power in the region, bolstering Iran's position while weakening and unnerving its rival, Saudi Arabia, regional experts said.
In response, the U.S. drastically cut aid to avoid supporting a terrorist group, a move regional experts say directly contributed to thousands of deaths in the South Central region.
Regional experts confidently predicted ethnic warfare on the Bosnian model.
Iranian officials and regional experts deny that is their motive.
Political scientists, especially if they are regional experts, frequently do risk analysis for corporations.
Regional experts and academics like the philosopher Michael Walzer were invited to speak.
Syria, regional experts say, could be the key to alleviating all three.
Iran was clearly sending a warning to the West and to Israel, regional experts said.
Regional experts said next month's EU summit between heads of state would be critical.
Such a hard-nosed approach to foreigners, regional experts say, reflects Iraq's difficult history developing its oil industry.
Regional experts speculate that the attacks and similar violence in Burundi are byproducts of the peace effort in Congo.
