It is never a good thing when the world’s superpower and the runner-up find themselves at loggerheads, especially when smaller nations depend on the health of their relationship for their own stability.
This is why the worsening tensions between the US and China come as bad news for the near and long-term security of the Gulf region. Although the two countries share the paramount goal of securing the flow of oil from the region and, by extension, a principled agreement on avoiding unnecessary conflicts, points of friction are multiplying, increasingly on matters pertinent to the Middle East.
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