Michael Kenny wrote: ↑25 Mar 2023, 18:03
It was Russia who destroyed the neocon attempt to break-up Syria and topple Assad.
Gosh, well done Russia :roll:
https://twitter.com/nedalalamari/status ... 5045979142
Now China is making all the running and the US is completely side-lined.
Even The New York Times is facing reality:
Saudi Arabia and Iran Agree to Restore Ties, in Talks Hosted by China
The deal between regional rivals underlines China’s growing economic and political importance in the Middle East, and what some analysts say is waning American influence. China hosted the talks that led to the breakthrough, highlighting Beijing’s growing role as a global economic and political power, and counterbalance to Washington — particularly in the Middle East, a region that was long shaped by the military and diplomatic involvement of the United States.
Seven years after cutting formal ties, Iran and Saudi Arabia will reopen embassies in each other’s countries within two months, and confirmed their “respect for the sovereignty of states and noninterference in their internal affairs,” they said in a joint statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency. Iran’s state news media also announced the deal.
Yeah, no-one is disputing China's global influence is increasing.
You have to be rather a deranged idiot to believe that means Russian influence rises with it. In Central Asia it is Chinese influence
replacing that of Russia.
The importance of the USA to the World has of course
risen as a result of Putin's disastrous war.