US leadership in Middle East at a crossroads
17 Jul 2022
By visiting the region at this time, US President Joe Biden has reversed his policy of ignoring its geographic, economic, and political importance while shifting his focus to China, which Washington considers its chief global rival. While Biden has declared he would not allow China and Russia to fill the vacuum left by the US pivot to the East, his attempt to regain relevance is too little, too late. There is no vacuum.