The other struggle is a newer one. On one side, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are generally seeking to maintain the status quo, keep the forces of Muslim Brotherhood-style Islamism at bay, and further their own regional sway. Arrayed against them is a Turkish-Qatari alliance aiming to further its own influence in the region. The contest between the two does little to strengthen good governance or the upholding of fundamental rights, as activists right across the region will attest to — neither of those things are priorities in this rivalry.
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