Declining influence: is the Middle East pulling away from Washington?
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A NEW chapter in the modern history of the Middle East is beginning, and what’s most significant about it is the dwindling influence of the United States.
Back in March, the People’s Republic of China helped broker a groundbreaking diplomatic rapprochement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Seven years ago, Riyadh and Tehran completely broke off diplomatic relations, and since then have been involved in proxy conflicts in Yemen, and to an extent in Syria and Iran itself, as well.
The normalisation of relations between these two regional powers is a major step towards peace in the wider Middle East.
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