The situation in the Middle East has been the focus of the world's attention, and the recent resumption of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran has sparked heated discussions. The two countries reached a rapprochement under the mediation of China and even began discussions to strengthen military relations. In contrast, the United States has frequently run into walls in the Middle East, and even has unpleasant encounters with Israel. This raises questions about the decline of US hegemony. Saudi Arabia and Iran severed diplomatic relations in 2016, but with Chinese mediation, representatives of the two countries held talks in Beijing and eventually reached a consensus to restore diplomatic relations.
And this is only half a year later, and the two countries have begun to cooperate militarily, which shows that Middle Eastern countries have made their own choices in the face of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. For a long time, the United States has regarded the Middle East as its number one strategic focus, and the Middle East is also the key to maintaining the petrodollar hegemony. However, in recent years, as China and Russia have become the most important competitors and threats to the United States, the United States has begun to pursue a contraction of its Middle East strategy.
In August 2021, the United States decided to withdraw from Afghanistan, marking the end of a 20-year war in Afghanistan. This strategic readjustment has led the United States to fall into the dangerous and embarrassing situation of a "three-line game." Hamas's "Al-Aqsa flood" operation disrupted the global deployment of the United States, and the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has caused the worst ** in nearly 20 years. Many forces quickly took a stand, and the United States was already overwhelmed by the Ukraine issue and competition with China.
The outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has brought to naught the US efforts to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and at the same time exacerbated the contradictions between the United States and Iran. The U.S. blames those behind the scenes for undermining Saudi-Israeli relations and has repeatedly threatened Iran not to help Hamas. This series of events has aroused the international community's concern and concern about the situation in the Middle East. Iran's anti-American momentum is growing, and the threat from the United States has once again aggravated the situation in the Middle East. The Iran nuclear talks have reached an impasse, and the United States' military reduction in the Middle East has weakened its ability to contain Iran.
This series of factors makes the escalation of the confrontation between the United States and Iran a reality, and may even lead to a military conflict. This situation has raised concerns about stability and peace in the Middle East.