The unexpected move by which Trump gives chess to China and Russia. What is hiding behind his Middle East visit
The visit of President Donald Trump to the Middle East is a power game calculated in the new geopolitical reality, considers the international relations expert Ioan Constantin Bercean.
Trump was always well received in Saudi Arabia. Photo: AFP
“The visit of President Donald Trump to the Middle East: a power game calculated in the new geopolitical reality”, He writes Ioana Constantin Bercean, in a Facebook post.
With double expertise, in the East the middle and politics of the United States of America, Ioana Constantin Bercean explains why Trump's visit to the Middle East is more than one loaded with symbolism.
“The planned visit of President Donald Trump to the Middle East, May 13-16, is much more than a symbolic tournament – it is a demonstration of power, modeled by internal economic emergencies, global geopolitical flows and the persistent centrality of the Golf states in the US strategy in the region. Although the formal visitation is still vague. It reveals a carefully calibrated agenda: providing economic aids, strengthening political optics and strengthening US control over its most reliable bay allies, namely Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia ”says Ioana Bercean.
The unexpected move by which Trump gives chess and Russia
These three countries are not only pillars of regional stability, but also serve as functional representatives for the projection of US power, without the costs of direct military involvement, adds the expert.
“From the energy lever and financial liquidity to the mediation of regional conflicts, each of these states offers unique strengths that President Trump is probably determined to capitalize on. But, in doing so, his reign must navigate through a mined field of competing agendas, an increasing global multipolarity, and in the context of China, especially in the context of China Russia. A potentially underestimated size of the visit is Trump's desire to exploit the Gulf diplomacy to mediate the conflict in Ukraine. The renewed initiative in the bay to promote a armistice.
China and Russia are also targeted. Donald Trump wants to make sure that the United States will have all the support in the region to counteract some of Beijing and Moscow's plans.
With eyes on Egypt and Iran
“The China factor will have a major influence on the visit. Donald Trump will try to press on the golf states, not only on the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but on all six members of the CCG, to distance itself from Beijing. Washington considers the Gulf region a more critical tensions between the US. Proposal, a topic discussed, is the establishment of an American military base on Tiran Island, a strategic location in the Red Sea. It could consider this strategy as an undermining of its security architecture for the Suez channel and the Sinai Peninsula, as well as a potential decrease in its regional role, in favor of the Saudi-Israeli-American triangle”, Says the expert.
Donald Trump's visit is a good opportunity for the states of the region.
“For the golf states, the visit is both an opportunity and a test. Although the renewed attention from Washington is highly appreciated, the Arab monarchies are increasingly assertive and selective in their alignments. They will not provide loyalty and will not ignore the ascension of alternative global powers. US-Golf-but will certainly clarify the contours of new alignments in an era of global turbulence and power recalibration”, Concludes Ioana Constantin Bercean.
