Can U.S. Aircraft Carriers Counter Chinese And Russian Diplomacy In The Middle East?
China’s Special Envoy on Middle East Zhai Jun met the envoys of Arab states in Beijing at the latter’s request for a group meeting to discuss the grave situation in Gaza, Beijing, October 13, 2023
In the forty six years since the Six Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the United States has dominated the diplomatic agenda in the Middle East. That era is ended. China and Russia have emerged as players at the diplomatic table and are challenging the United States’ status as the primary voice in trying to contain the war between Israel and Hamas.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is just completing another failed mission to the Middle East. He made the rounds, after meeting with Israel’s Netanyahu,
