An inauspicious start to Biden’s democracies v. autocracies campaign
It was odd that Blinken chose to meet with Middle East autocrats in Israel at the same time Biden was marshaling the forces of the ‘rules based order.’
It was odd that Blinken chose to meet with Middle East autocrats in Israel at the same time Biden was marshaling the forces of the ‘rules based order.’
Trump recognized the wholesale annexation of one country by another. If Biden lets that stand, the global implications are deeply troubling.
The Israel normalization agreements have stepped up weapons sales and emboldened despots’ grip on their people. Was this the point all along?
Well ahead of ‘normalization,’ Middle East elites were tapping into Tel Aviv’s influence in Washington, much to both’s advantage.
Blinken is commemorating Israel ‘normalization’ tomorrow but these agreements are about conflict with Iran, not regional peace.
It is premature to assume that the normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel constitutes one step toward a permanent peace in the region.
The outgoing secretary of state spent his final days planting booby traps and ensuring his own political future.
Recent events in central Asia and western Africa have had a major impact on world power geopolitics.
The U.S. agreed to become the only country in the world to recognize Moroccan control over Western Sahara.
As with the UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan, the latest normalization agreement is a cynical short-term political move with lasting negative consequences.
Morocco is now the third largest producer of phosphates, but given its massive reserve, it stands to dictate the world’s future ability to grow food crops.
The many unresolved conflicts, regional rivalries, strategic clashes, and ideological differences that have polarized the Sunni Arab world have left Morocco and the UAE in different camps and in many cases competing with one another.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t want to go to jail so he’s doing anything and everything he can to hold onto power.