Trump makes the Gulf states feel powerful, but the real test is: can they stop Israel’s war? | Nesrine Malik
DOnline Trump’s visit to the Middle East last week was an exercise in confusion. Either in terms of re -balance of the relationship between the United States and the region, and in dilapidated perceptions. In Riyadh, I told the Saudi royal family that there will be no “lectures on how to live.” Lifting sanctions on Syria so that the country has a “new beginning”, which is Decorating beauty And the luxurious architecture (“as a building man”, ” He said in a Qatari palace“This is perfect marble”). Trump has never appeared in its element, surrounded by a wealth of kings, the deadly power of absolute property, and the calculated self -organization and excessive compliment.
He was the same man who enacted the Islamic ban during his first term Pray around mosques and Ignore the radical path of power From the Syrian President: “A handsome man … a difficult past, but will a boy put a choir in this position?” His call to recognize the new role of the Gulf states as political and economic forces, and a realistic issue to lead it to what Syria needs at the present time, whatever date. Because it reveals the extent of the hardening of the previously inconsistent departments. Joe Biden promised to take a difficult line with the Saudi government for its role in the killing of Jamal Khashogi and in the Yemen war, then it seemed that she was Forget thatOr realize that he could not follow. From Trump, there are no mixed signals: you are rich, we need you. You are doing.
Democrats present as they failed to enforce international law standards. Trump wears the pretext of international law completely, and thus ends the theater so that the United States was some virtuous heroes in the region. The result is equal transactions, One billion dollars deals And Quid Pro Quos cut in sight. For the three countries of the Gulf that Trump visited, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have recognized Trump on their huge national projects in economic transformation and political sites in terms of foreign policy, which are seen appetite. It is recognized not only the wealthy ignorance that must be managed, but the advanced power brokers themselves.
There is a specific trademark, which is still subjected to ingenuity, to form policy in the region and diversify natural resources. Take the financing of the United Arab Emirates A devastating war in Sudan In order to obtain a foothold on the African continent, and at the other end of the spectrum, the appearance of a quiet diameter like Negotiation on capital in the world.
What is clear is that the center of gravity turns into the United States away from European capitals and via Atlantic alliances, towards a region that Trump does not disturb, as much as no moral condemnation of Ukraine does not bother it, it does not have a collective issue to vote for anxiety, and has a bully to invest. Keir Starmer can have a good stab in obtaining Trump by submitting a “historic” royal invitation to visit the state, but can this be possible Show stars and stripes On the tallest building in the world?
But there is a basic separation in Trump’s journey, which was clear in parts of government media in the Middle East and political statements last week. Israel also increased its strikes in Gaza, which indicates its lack of interest in negotiating any ceasefire, there was a The growing bustle In condemning the attack. With Trump receiving us waving science, one of the stark issues cannot be developed – as he leads the country that provides weapons and political support for a military campaign that shakes the stability of the region.
It was a chapter that distinguishes the entire journey. Among the whole language and images of a bloc of the emerging forces, the question remained what exactly this power is used. Is it purely given these cases the right to ship its economies through more convenient trade relations with the United States? It gives them a license to follow foreign policy running and projects on their soil without fear of blame or “lecture”? Or is it the force that can be practiced to influence a useful way for political results and persuade the United States to change the path on Israel and the females, a issue now lies in the heart not only the Middle East but Arab politics.
The war has now extended to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt are subjected to severe pressure, and even in unlimited properties, public opinion and hot potatoes that must be dealt with very carefully. Trump is still shopping for his ethnic cleansing plan that aims to “resettle” people from Gaza, This time for LibyaAnd the momentum of the first days of his administration to secure the ceasefire has now disappeared, as Israel intensifies its campaign to More parts of Gaza. When the luxurious scenes were revealed throughout the Gulf, Trump commented on the quality of marble, there was one unavoidable thought – no food, water or medicine He was allowed to enter Gaza for several months.
The issue of the limits of this new American respect is crucial in estimating what happened correctly. Because although it seems as if there was a historical thing, Trump had dismantled the spider threads from the ancient foreign policy in the region, a fracture with the Orthodoxy, and made initiatives that turn on the ups and decades -old raises and perceptions, but it may still reach anything that matters more. If these forces still have the ability to dictate what is happening in their backyards, then there is no ability to settle and determine the political future in the region, or in reality, the mantle of leadership in which they enjoy power and responsibility to save other Arabs from hunger, displacement and bullying assume, all of which are a perfect theater with a measure of economic proposal. There is no nice lecture, but being your destiny is all that really matters.
