In the Middle East, long-established alliances are shifting dramatically. As one political leader in the region said to me recently: "The ground is shaking under our feet and we must keep all our options open." Three major events over the past three months have destabilised the old order: a military coup against Mohamed Morsi's government in Egypt; the Russian-American agreement to destroy Syria's chemical weapons; and a phone call between Obama and the new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
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