The world today faces numerous challenges‎,‎ including the ongoing fallout from the financial crisis and varied and diverse examples of violence and conflict across the globe‎.‎ Combined with the many changes affecting both the regional and global balance of power ‎- such as the apparent decline of the United States‎,‎ the growing influence of the East‎,‎ and the evolving role of international organizations ‎- these challenges have led some to question how global power will be distributed in the coming two decades‎.‎ ‎"‎Global Strategic Developments‎"‎ offers an examination of these developments‎,‎ providing an exploration of the future of the global system and its international powers and organizations‎.‎ With analysis of military‎,‎ security‎,‎ financial and economic challenges that face the Gulf‎,‎ the wider Middle East and beyond‎,‎ this book is of vital importance to those interested in the future of both geopolitical networks and the global monetary system‎.‎