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hegemony and Washington is seriously unhappy with this coalition, a research associate at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad
in the last decade alone, putting Washington in hot water in the Middle East (West Asia)
Arabia?A: The Biden administration tries to reset the relationships with Saudi Arabia, as ties deteriorated in 2018 over the murder of
Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi
Biden, after assuming the charge as the president of the country, had vowed to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah" state over Khashoggi's murder
My sense says that he is not in a position to punish MBS due to the evolving situation of regional and international politics
He is under tremendous pressure to crack down on Russia and lower domestic gas prices amid inflation seeking a political solution to the
high gas prices and widespread inflation in the U.S
By the following realpolitik, he will set aside his moral outrage to pursue warmer relations with Riyadh amid the dramatic global upheaval
spurred by the Ukraine crisis
Washington accuses Tehran of not complying with the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that further
escalates consternation of both the U.S
Israeli-Palestinian relations
predecessor Trump was planning to withdraw U.S
forces from the Middle East
the Middle East (West Asia) that the U.S
will stay actively engaged amid fears that China and Russia could swiftly fill a leadership vacuum
Countering China's growing influence in international politics, Russia's war in Ukraine and Iranian influence in the Middle East (West Asia)
remain to be seen as the top priority of the Biden administration
military modernization, superiority in Artificial Intelligence AI, and soft power domain
China's bilateral trade with Arab world in 2021 crossed the figure of U.S
The China-led Belt and Road Initiative BRI has 20 partners in the Middle East (West Asia) and North Africa while Beijing has inked 15
strategic partnerships with the Arab states in the last decade alone, putting Washington in hot water in the Middle East (West Asia)
and China are on quest of promoting their ideologies and political clouts
Washington seeks to promote democratic values to reinforce the Quad known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and New Quad in the Middle
China, meanwhile, is committed to promoting its alliance
$400 billion dollars enhances Beijing's influence in the Middle East (West Asia) and the Indian Ocean
I assume the U.S., due to its relative decline in the Middle East (West Asia), alone cannot counter Beijing, by all means, will stimulate
its allies to contain China
Biden, unlike his predecessor Trump, is trying to unite the U.S
allies in the Middle East (West Asia), cementing NATO, the New Asia-Pacific Economic Bloc, and reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
So what happened or what has changed now?A: One can always find a huge difference between a political campaign and the reality of being in
Being a president of the country, Biden knows the importance of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East (West Asia)
His predecessor Trump also used the same caustic language against Riyadh
When Trump became the president of the country, he instead of visiting Canada (Ottawa is the first capital to be visited by the U.S
presidents due to economic diplomacy) visited Saudi Arabia and inked an agreement, worth U.S
$350 billion including a $110 billion weapons deal
My sense says that Saudi Arabia is a lucrative market as far as the U.S
military-industrial complex and foreign direct investments FDI are concerned
Saudi Arabia can also be instrumental in eroding Iranian sway in the region
and China, where the former strives to lessen the latter's rising influence
Legitimation of MBS remains to be seen as the tip of the iceberg
The only game in the town for Washington is China and Iran in the region
MBS ought to be equated with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Modi was the only person ever denied a U.S
visa because of deliberately allowed anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002 when he was the Chief Minister of the state resulted in the
killing of more than 1,000
However, Modi turned out to be an apple's eye of the U.S
as soon as he became prime minister of India
is more concerned about its national interest and is least bothered with morality
Do you think Iran, Russia, and China are the new evil axis to the U.S
and we should expect returning George Bush's rhetoric?A: China, Russia, and Iran are clearly in one bloc opposing the U.S
The Ukraine crisis has further been bolstering ties between Beijing, Moscow, and Iran
