By Prof. Hillel FrischOctober 6, 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran is now openly threatening to dismember Saudi Arabia for its support for Kurdish independence and secession from Iraq. This ratcheting up of tensions has implications not only for those two countries but for the region and the world at large. Israel would do well to remember that the Middle East is growing ever more volatile, and the US should sharpen its resolve to contain Iran.

The Iranian-Saudi struggle over primacy in the Middle East is hardly new. As early as the 1980s, in Tripoli, Lebanon, the Saudis supported Sunni militia forces in their struggle with the Alawites for control of Lebanon’s most important city in the north. Even then, the newly created Hezbollah, Iran’s first and most important proxy militia in the Arab-speaking world, sent fighters to the city to support the minority Alawites together with agents of the Assad regime in Syria that by then had allied itself with Iran. This was to become the longest, most durable, and most resilient strategic relationship between any two states in the Middle East.

From that time on, the conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia has expanded, sometimes in fits and starts, at other times in an almost linear fashion, as new battlefields between the proxies of both states have emerged. By far the most important were the battlefields of Syria and Yemen, the indirect consequences of the so-called Arab Spring. Instead of yielding democracy, the uprisings descended into deadly civil war in which the proxies of both states battled it out.

Iran, which over the past year has had the upper hand in the struggle with the Saudis in Syria (thanks to Russian air power and hopeless division among the Sunni proxies of the Saudi state), is now threatening to dismember the Saudi state itself. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, speaking on behalf of his Iranian patron at his annual address on the anniversary of the Ashoura Massacre (at which Ali, revered by the Shiites, lost to the Sunni Caliph as a result of perceived Sunni treachery), warned Saudi Arabia that if it continues to support the beleaguered Iraqi Kurds after their pronouncement of independence, it will act to dismantle the Saudi state.

Hardly anyone in the Middle East needed Nasrallah to spell out the exact nature of this threat. Shiites populated the Hasa region in Saudi Arabia long before the region became the center of Saudi oil discoveries and production. The more oil was discovered and produced in the region, the more intense became the marginalization of the Shiite minority in Sunni Saudi Arabia.  This dynamic preceded the Iranian Revolution but intensified as Iran, under the ayatollahs, embarked on a revolutionary and imperialist foreign policy to weaken the Arab states. Its principal targets were Saudi Arabia, the wealthiest Arab state; and Egypt, the most populous and presumably the most powerful.

Nor is it surprising that Nasrallah chose the Ashoura “festivities” (one is speaking of parades of self-flagellating Shiites denoting the oppression visited upon them by the Sunni world) to deliver this threat to Saudi Arabia. No event on the Shiite calendar better evokes the enmity between the two religious strains. Over the past fourteen years, the commemoration of Ashoura has been marred by massive suicide attacks launched by Sunni extremist groups in Iraq’s holy Shiite cities. Iran, the Iraqi government, and many Shiites are convinced that Saudi financial support was crucial in launching these attacks and subsequent massacres as individuals in the crowds crushed each other as they attempted to flee the scene.

Iran is declaring a quid pro quo: if Saudi Arabia participates in the partitioning of Shiite-dominated Iraq by supporting the Kurds, Iran will partition Saudi Arabia. This threat seems to show that Iran has the upper hand in its struggle with the kingdom. It will strike out at Saudi Arabia to defend its proxy, Iraq, not only to defend itself.

This perception is not altogether accurate. No doubt, Iran under the ayatollahs is a formidable regime despite regular pronouncements by experts of its impending demise. Yet as strong as the regime may be, the Persian ethnic and linguistic element that is at the core of the regime accounts for only half the population of Iran. Throughout its periphery live linguistic and ethnic minorities, including a Kurdish minority in the northwest of the country, which have shown in the past an inclination for autonomy if not a clear desire for independence.

Nevertheless, Iran is in the stronger position because with regard to the Kurdish issue at least, it has a powerful Sunni ally in Turkey. For the Saudis, playing the Kurdish card comes at the great cost of dividing the Sunni camp. The Turks are livid over the Kurdish move. The Egyptian elite, who champion territorial sovereignty because of Egypt’s domestic Coptic problem (which has drawn international meddling), is cool if not hostile to Kurdish independence. This leaves Saudi Arabia in a solitary standoff against Iran. The kingdom might have money, but so does Iran – and Iran has many more guns and men to shoot them. In the Middle East, it is usually the guns that count.

The new higher stakes in the Saudi-Iranian conflict have wide implications. For the US, this should mean greater resolve to contain if not punish Iran. For Israeli policy makers, it should bring home that the Middle East is becoming more volatile, dangerous, and unpredictable. Caution is called for, which should include treading very carefully on the Palestinian issue.

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Prof. Hillel Frisch is a professor of political studies and Middle East studies at Bar-Ilan University and a senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

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By Gulgiz Muradova  2 October 2017 09:47 (UTC+04:00)

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October 4, 2017 

To:
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America,
Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State
Matthew Nimetz, UN Special Mediator between Athens and Skopje
Member States of the United Nations
Member States of the EU
Members of the European Parliament

Cc:
Prokopios Pavlopoulos, President of Greece
Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece
Nikos Kotzias, Foreign Minister of Greece
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Leader of the New Democracy party
Leaders of all political parties in Greece
Members of the Greek Parliament

Your Excellencies,

With this letter, we wish to make clear the reasons that Greeks cannot accept the word “Macedonia” (or any name that includes “Macedonia” in it) as the permanent name of its northern neighbor, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). This name (FYROM) was agreed upon to be used only temporarily. The term “Macedonia” has to be removed before the country’s entry to any international organization. The reasons are explained below.

Like any other nation, Greeks feel only a sense of pride when other countries use historical or other Greek names and words, as they introduce new scientific terms, or name companies, places, or cities. However, FYROM demands to be given the same name as its neighboring region which belongs to Greece (a large part of Northern Greece bordering FYROM is called Macedonia). What are the underlying reasons for this demand, and why are Greeks fiercely opposed to it?

On January 11, 1934, the Comintern (Communist International) recognized the existence of a non-existing “Macedonian nation”, which included all the—multiethnic—inhabitants of the territory that was once ancient Macedonia, the largest part of which was/is in Greece, and smaller parts in Bulgaria and south Yugoslavia. Subsequently (in 1944), the leader—and later president—of Communist Yugoslavia, Josip Broz (commonly known as Tito) renamed Vardarska Banovina (Province of the river Vardar), a region of south Yugoslavia, to “Socialist Republic of Macedonia”. In addition, he codified the language spoken in parts of south Yugoslavia, a Slavic dialect similar to Bulgarian dialects, and called it “Macedonian language”. It is important to note that the US administration immediately reacted at that time, with Secretary of State Edward Stettinius stating that any talk about “Macedonian nation”, “Macedonian Fatherland”, or “Macedonian national consciousness” is an “unjustified demagoguery representing no ethnic or political reality” and it can only be seen as “a possible cloak for aggressive intentions against Greece” (http://www.mfa.gr/images/docs/fyrom/dilosi_stettinius_dec_1944.pdf). Indeed, at that time, a narrative began developing, according to which the Slavic “Macedonians” are direct descendants of Alexander the Great and the Ancient Macedonians, and that the Greeks occupy a large part of their land (the large part of Northern Greece which was Macedonia since the ancient times and is still called Macedonia today). This ideology has gained strong momentum since 1991 (when the region of South Yugoslavia known today as FYROM broke away from Yugoslavia), as the ruling party of FYROM wished to bring to the newly founded “Macedonian nation” a sense of homogeneity and pride, and unite its inhabitants in a strife to “reclaim” the northern administrative region of Greece which is called Macedonia, and thus get access to the sea. This ideology is also taught throughout their education system, instilling into their youth animosity against Greece. It is clear, therefore, that the demand of FYROM to use “Macedonia” as its permanent name is only part of their expansionistic dream to “reclaim” the Macedonian Greek land.

FYROM and its government have made no effort to hide these intentions, which are attested to by the enormous statue of Alexander the Great that the government built in a central square of Skopje, the renaming of Skopje’s airport after Alexander the Great, the issuing of currency with the White Tower of Thessaloniki on it (which was stopped only after Greece imposed a trade embargo across its borders with FYROM), the inclusion of articles in FYROM’s constitution implying a right to all lands of ancient Macedonia, or the rather incomprehensible video, with racist overtones, speaking of their national purity and higher purpose, and calling on them to rise up as their time has come (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zNXW5ITS6mA), which was aired in a government-owned TV channel. Moreover, last August, the Consul General of FYROM attended an event by the “United Macedonia” organization in Toronto, Canada, where the “Macedonian pride” of the people of FYROM was declared in front of “a map of their country” which included Thessaloniki and the rest of Greece’s province of Macedonia, as well as part of Bulgaria; similar “exhibitions” have occurred multiple times in the past, with the participation and encouragement of government officials. Furthermore, in a recent meeting between the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kotzias, and FYROM’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov, as the latter spoke about peace and reconciliation between the two countries, he also declared that he is a proud Macedon!

It is not the purpose of this letter to explain that the history of Ancient Macedonia is a very important part of Greek history; in fact, anyone with some degree of historical knowledge is well aware of that (for information see http://macedonia-evidence.org/). We hope it is clear, however, that with FYROM right on its northern border stirring animosity against Greece, threatening Greece’s territorial integrity, and ensuring that this hostility continues by educating their children accordingly, Greece cannot accept the name Macedonia for FYROM, or ANY name that includes the word “Macedonia” in it, which will be reduced to “Macedonia”, just like FYROM is already referred to as Macedonia in many world maps. Greece cannot vote for entry of FYROM into NATO or the EU, until the people of FYROM choose a permanent name for their country that does not include the term “Macedonia” in it.

It is difficult not to notice—and worth pointing out—the closer ties that FYROM has been developing with Turkey (e.g. http://umdiaspora.org/2011/09/19/umd-honors-tca-chairman-with-macedonia-friendship-award/ and http://umdiaspora.org/2012/04/18/tca-a-umd-announce-study-in-turkey-scholarships-for-macedonian-american-students-mk/), Greece’s eastern neighbor, who provokes Greece on a daily basis by invading Greek waters and airspace, and disputes Greece’s sea borders; apparently, the old saying “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” has been applied in this case, but such developments cannot contribute to offering Greece “peace of mind”, while they force Greece to spend on Defense significantly more than what the country can afford.

Greeks throughout the world do not harbor any enmity or hostility toward the citizens of FYROM, and yearn for a peaceful and productive coexistence between the two peoples. It is important to note in this regard that Greece has decidedly contributed to building FYROM’s economy and infrastructure. Greece has an earnest desire for mutual respect and the realization of a lasting political solution with its northern neighbor. However, offering FYROM a permanent name that includes the word “Macedonia” in it, or accepting it into NATO as FYROM, a temporary name that already includes the term “Macedonia”, will only produce an exacerbation of a serious problem for Greece, FYROM, and the Balkans.

Signatures

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2. Andreatos Antonios, Professor, Hellenic A/F Academy, Greece
3. Argyropoulos, Yiannis, PhD, Principal Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs, USA
4. Argyrou Fanoulla, Researcher, Journalist, Author, London, United Kingdom
5. Aroniadou-Anderjaska Vassiliki, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Bethesda, MD, USA
6. Athanassiou Myrodis, Diplom-Physiker, Munich, Germany
7. Athanasoulis Gerasimos A., Professor, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
8. Avanea Agathi, Jounarlist, Athens, Greece
9. Bacalis Naoum, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
10. Baloglou George, fmr Associate Professor of Mathematics, SUNY Oswego, USA
11. Balopoulos Victor, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
12. Baltatzis Panagiotis, MD, Internist, General Secretary, Hellenic American National Council, Baltimore, USA
13. Batrakoulis Theodoros, PhD, Geopolitics, France
14. Blytas George C., PhD, Physical Chemistry (ret.), University of Wisconsin, USA
15. Bougas Ioannis, PhD, The Bougas Management Consulting, Queen’s University, Canada
16. Bucher Matthias, Associate Professor, Technical University of Crete, Greece
17. Chryssakis Thanasis, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
18. Constantinidou Hellen-Isis A., Professor Εmeritus, School of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
19. Daniil Evangelia, MD., Medic Pneumonologist-Specialist in Tuberculosis, Greece
20. Daskalopoulou Stella S., PhD, Associate Professor in Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
21. Di Filippo Giuseppina, PhD, fmr Professor Humanities, Classics and Italian, University of New Hampshire, USA
22. Dimoutsos Andreas Ι., PhD, Athens, Greece
23. Dimoutsos Michalis, Microbiologist, Athens, Greece
24. Dokos Socrates, PhD, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
25. Dragas George Dion., The V. Rev. Professor, PhD, DD, DTh, Professor of Patrology, Helllenic College/Holy Cross, Boston, MA, USA
26. Dritsos Stefanos, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
27. Economides Spyros, Dept. of Management, California State University, East Bay, USA
28. Efthymiou Pavlos N., Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
29. Evangeliou Christos, Professor of Philosophy, Towson, MD, USA
30. Evangelidis Dimitris E., Ethnologist, Author, Greece
31. Filippou-Katehis Athina, Assistant to the Director of the Education, Office of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America, NYC, USA
32. Fountzoulas Costas, PhD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
33. Fraggoulis Fraggos, PhD, General (Επιτιμος Αρχηγος ΓΕΣ Στρατηγος εα), Greece
34. Fytrolakis Nikolaos, Professor Emeritus, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
35. Gatzoulis Nina, former Professor of Humanities, Classics and Italian, University of New Hampshire, USA
36. Gatzoulis Vassilios, President of Hellenic Society PAIDEIA of New Hampshire, Electrical-Nuclear Engineer (ret.), US Defense Dept., Naval Submarine Div., USA
37. Georgiadis Georgios, Υπτγος ε.α, Πρόεδρος ΕΑΑΣ Ν.Ξάνθης, Greece
38. Gialtouridis George, President of New England Risk Solutions LLC, Westwood, MA, USA
39. Giannopoulos Georgios, Professor Emeritus, University of Patras, Greece
40. Giannoukos Stamatios, MEng, PhD, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, United Kingdom
41. Grammatikos Filippos, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
42. Haitidis Efstathios, PhD, Munich University, Mέλος της Γερμανικής Ακαδημίας Πράξης και Επιστήμη και επίτιμος πρόεδρος του συλλογου του ολοκαυτώματος Πύργων Εορδαίας με την επωνυμία Ιερή μνήμη, Greece
43. Halamandaris Pandelis, PhD, Brandon University, USA
44. Hatzitolios Apostolos I., Professor of Pathology, Διευθυντής Α’ Προπαιδευτικής Παθολογικής Κλινικής, Νοσοκομείο ΑΧΕΠΑ, Ιατρική Σχολή, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης Α’ Αντιπρόεδρος Εταιρείας Παθολογίας Ελλάδος (ΕΠΕ) Αντιπρόεδρος Επαγγελματικής Ένωσης Παθολόγων Ελλάδος (ΕΕΠΕ), Greece
45. Hatzichronoglou Lena, PhD, Professor of Humanities, Macomb Community Members College, MI, USA
46. Hatzopoulos John N., MSCE, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of the Aegean, Greece, fmr Professor, California State University, Fresno, USA
47. Iatrou Christos, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
48. Ierapetritis D., BA, MSc, PhD Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece
49. Iliopoulou-Georgoudaki Ioanna, Professor (ret.), Dept. of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
50. Intzesiloglou Nikolaos, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
51. Ioannou Petros, Professor, Electrical Engineering Systems, University of Southern California, Director of Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, Associate Director for Research METRANS, Director of Financial Engineering Masters Program, Los Angeles, CA, USA
52. Kaikis-Lericos Irene, BS Communications, Towson University, Executive Director (ret.), Field Communications, Washington, D.C., Executive Board Member, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Baltimore, MD, USA
53. Kakouli-Duarte Thomais, PhD, Director enviroCORE, Lecturer in Biosciences, Dept. of Science and Health, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland
54. Karakostas Ted , writer Boston USA
55. Karantzikos Athanasios, Lieutenant General (ret.), Επίτιμος Α Υπαρχηγός ΓΕΣ, Greece
56. Karatzios Christos, MD CM, FRCP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Care Centre, Canada
57. Karkamanis Dimitrios, fmr Senior Research Fellow, Swedish National Defense Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
58. Kapetanakis Emmanouil, Postgraduate student, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
59. Katsarkas A., MD, PhD, Professor in Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
60. Katsifis Spiros P., PhD, FACFE, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Graduate Studies, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA
61. Kelesidis Vassilios C., Petroleum Institute, a part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
62. Kladi Matianthi, fmr Professor, Dept. of International and European Studies, Panteion University, Athens, Greece
63. Kliros George, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Division of Electronics, Electric Power, Telecommunications, Dept. of Aeronautical Sciences, Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece
64. Kodogianidis Nikolaos PhD, PE Electrical Engineer, Fred Wilson & Associates, Jacksonville, FL, USA
65. Koios Nikolaos, PhD, Assistant Professor, University Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki, Greece
66. Kolovos Alexander, PhD, Executive Analytics Professional, SpaceTimeWorks, San Diego, CA, USA
67. Konstantinidou Anastasia, Head, Office of Public & International Relations, Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Kozani, Greece
68. Kontis Ioannis, Major General (ret.), Greece
69. Koumakis Leonidas, Jurist, Author, Greece
70. Kounnamas Gregory, MSc Naval Architect, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
71. Kouroumalis Elias, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece
72. Kozyrakis Kostas, Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
73. Kyriakou Georgios, Professor, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
74. Lampropoulou Venetta, Professor Emeritus, Special-Deaf Education, Deaf Studies Unit, Department of Primary Education, University of Patras, Greece
75. Lazaridis Anastasios, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Widener University, Chester, PA, USA
76. Leventouri Theodora, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physics, Director of Medical Physics FAU, Boca Raton, FL, USA
77. Liolios Asterios, Professor (ret.), Dept. of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
78. Lomis Dean, Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware, USA
79. Lymberis Maria T., MD, Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (hon.), UCLA School of Medicine, USA
80. Makrodimitris Aggelos, PhD, Ophthalmologist (ret.), Greece
81. Manias Stefanos, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
82. Manios Ioannis Κ., PhD, DDS/LitMG ΥΠΟΠΤΕΡΑΡΧΟΣ ΥΓΕΙΟΝΟΜΙΚΟΥ, Greece
83. Mataragas Bill, President of Hellenic American National Council (HANC), USA
84. Mavros Ioannis G., MA in Political Economy, New School for Social Research NY, NY, USA
85. Melakopides Costas, Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus, Cyprus
86. Mermigas Lefteris, Professor of Pathology, SUNYAB, USA
87. + Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialia, Amvrosios, Greece
88. Michopoulos Aristotelis, Professor, Hellenic College, MA, USA
89. Milioritsas Nikolaos, Lieutenant General (ret.), Greece
90. Miller Barbara, Baltimore, MD, USA
91. Miller Stephen G., Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, USA
92. Moraitis Nicholaos L., PhD, International Relations, Comparative Politics U.S. Foreign Policy, University of California, Berkeley, USA
93. Moschovakis A.K., MD, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
94. Natsios Dimitrios, Teacher, Theologist, Author, Kilkis, Greece
95. Niarchos Panos, Professor (ret.), Indiana University, USA
96. Nikolaidis Tasos, Professor Emeritus, University of Crete, Greece
97. Nikitaras Nikitas, Associate Professor, School of Physical Education and Sports Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
98. Noutsis Konstantine, Dermatologist, Vice President, AHEPA Chapter of Athens, Greece
99. Ntapalis Andrew H., Adjunct Professor of Modern Greek, Dept. of Classics, University of New Hampshire, USA
100. Oikonomou Alexandra, Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
101. Okos Anthony, MD, Seattle, WA, USA
102. Panoskaltsis Vassilis P., Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Demokritus University of Thrace, Greece
103. Papadopoulos Dimitrios P., Professor Emeritus, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
104. Papadopoulos Kyriakos, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
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Of course, viewers must exercise common sense. You should only discontinue a medicine with a doctor’s supervision. This video could be pulled down any moment, so make sure you click on it and watch all of it if it’s still up for you.

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