Russia-US Rivalry and Accelerated Geopolitical Change in the Middle East.

The article looks on the current position of the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East and its possibilities of transformation by the decision of administration of Donald Trump, president of the U.S. Topics include rivalry between Russia and the U.S. for power, geopolitical rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and end of dual leadership of Egypt and Saudi Arabia and ascension of leadership of Saudi Arabia in Arab world. It also discusses the Kurdish independence movement in Syria.