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Declining influence: is the Middle East pulling away from Washington?
AMIAD HOROWITZ on the implications of diplomatic shifts across the Middle East
MIDDLE EAST SHIFTING SANDS: Joe Biden and Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, July 2022
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Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
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The present drive to war is a cynical and deliberate diversion from deteriorating living standards, argues MATT KERR
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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