What will the Middle East look like without America? - opinion
What conflict and influence scenarios are conceivable among the great powers to fill the strategic vacuum created by the shrinking US role in the region?
MAJOR GENERAL Kenneth P. Ekman shakes hands with Brigadier General Salah Abdullah at a ceremony handing over Taji military base, north of Baghdad, in August from US-led coalition troops to Iraqi security forces. (photo credit: THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS)BySALEM ALKETBIUpdated: