Pak Sahafat – In a report, the Guardian newspaper pointed out that America’s influence in the West Asian region is decreasing, just like the end of the British Empire, and wrote: The era of the dominant superpower is coming to an end and the “American century” has come to an end.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, the English newspaper The Guardian reported in this report: The way America is reducing its influence throughout the Middle East seems to be following the same method of the British Empire’s quiet withdrawal from this region. It is as if the countries of the region, which have left behind an empire, are now leaving another power as well.
The report, written by Simon Tisdale, states: Authoritarian governments and leaders are slowly but surely asserting their independence and freedom of action while demanding new alliances. This in turn represents a fundamental shift towards a multipolar world, where individual superpowers no longer dominate.
In Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, royal families instill a harmonious national identity and exert power abroad through financial, oil and sports influence. Due to their strategic importance, they do not accept the status of western protectorate granted by the United States and before that by Britain.
In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the heir to the defeated Ottoman Empire, pits the West against the East and vice versa, playing alternately with the US, NATO, the European Union, Russia and China.
Not surprisingly, given Washington’s lifelong belief in its supremacy, Biden may have begun a path to regional US leadership once again. This is partly to counter the influence of Beijing and Moscow and partly to remind allies of a recalcitrant region that guarantees their security and well-being. Referring to this point, Biden sent 3,000 additional troops to the Persian Gulf this month, apparently to confront Iran and also to show who is boss.
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Political calculations are also underway. Facing re-election next year, Biden hopes to score a hat trick. The award is equivalent to the triple crown of diplomacy: the US “understanding” with Iran, the historic peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and the achievement of a Palestinian state.
The United States is shaken by China’s mediation between Tehran and Riyadh’s cooperation with Moscow. Biden wants to restore the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, and ensure normalization of relations with Israel in the style of the Abraham Accords.
To that end, Biden is reportedly closing in on a security pact and supporting Saudi Arabia’s civilian nuclear energy program, despite obvious concerns about nuclear proliferation. Such thinking raises alarm bells in Tel Aviv, but the US president says it is not a problem. Normalization of Saudi Arabia and Israel could include US defense guarantees and advanced weapons for both sides. It will be more advantageous for him to marginalize China.
Why should America help and defend the Saudi regime that ignores its democratic values ​​and human rights? After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, Biden vowed to turn the kingdom into a global outcast. The answer is that normalization would be a major victory for the president ahead of the election, especially as it relates to the third phase of his agenda, the advancement of an independent Palestinian state.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, who is surrounded by internal crises, desperately needs the agreement of Saudi Arabia. The Saudis also want it, but at least on paper they insist on concrete progress towards the formation of a Palestinian state. Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners are opposed to any concessions in this direction, and Netanyahu is hardly on speaking terms with Biden, and plans to travel to China in October just to oppose him.
However, Biden seems to believe he can get Israel to agree to increased Palestinian autonomy, halting West Bank annexation plans, and perhaps reviving the two-state peace process in exchange for security guarantees.
Biden’s hopes for a hat trick seem a little illusory, and there are countless negative domestic factors and time against him. Like the rest of the world, self-interested regional leaders do not know how long he will last and whether Trump will replace him.
The era of the dominant superpower is coming to an end. Biden may do his best to preserve the old order. But like Britain’s lost “Age of Empire,” the “American Century” in which he is so firmly entrenched is fast passing from history.