In recent weeks, the region has gone through extraordinary and extreme transformations. I've been recently examining the initiative launched by Saudi Arabia against the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The efforts of newly formed, relatively small states that try to imitate Israel and seek a share in global diplomacy were effectively cut short once Saudi Arabia entered the picture.
At the same time, a swift rapprochement among Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan and Türkiye came to the forefront. This has revealed a pattern showing that the reflexes of institutionalized states tend to develop similar reflexes; eventually, bureaucracy and statecraft inevitably guide them toward the correct path.
In due course, Israel, foremost among them, along with organizations such as the PKK terrorist group and its Syrian wing, YPG, face a situation they are struggling to realize.
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