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USA/CHINA - Superpowers to Forge a New Middle East?

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“The concept of the package deal in the framework of international politics and conflict resolution,” says Shraga F. Biran, president of the Institute for Structural Reforms, “plays a significant role in breaking deadlocks and reaching sustainable agreements.”


Only the United States and China possess the ability and resources to partner in creating an overall solution to the problems that have plagued the Middle East for decades. Linking issues together can make agreements more likely, creating a dynamic where leaders can finalize a deal that can be presented to their citizens in a more efficient and acceptable manner.


The ruthless al-Assad family was ousted in Syria, Iran’s power has been significantly lessened, and Hezbollah has been weakened dramatically in Lebanon as the country begins its rehabilitation with the help of foreign powers. The leadership of Hamas’s military and political wings in Gaza is mostly eliminated, as well as most of its military capabilities and manpower.


China is well-positioned to be a game-changing player in the region. Ideologically speaking, its views on counterterrorism and development are deeply rooted in two of President Xi’s primary strategic policies: The Global Development Initiative (GDI) and the Global Security Initiative (GSI), which are part of a broader strategy to advance a Chinese vision for the global order.


This [need for cooperation] is true for almost any international conflict in an increasingly bipolar world order, where American and Chinese spheres of influence overlap almost everywhere and often work in tandem.


-www.jpost.com, 27 July 2025


Commentary: What was unthinkable only five decades ago has now become a visible reality. While the USA practiced domination over much of the so-called Western world, China was just a little light in the east. All that has changed now.


Several sources reveal that the US “made the world rich,” as its manufacturing base once dominated the world with some 40% or more. That has changed; communist China now “makes the world rich,” manufacturing over 30% of global output and reducing the US to only 15%.


Gao.gov reports: “China is the world’s largest investor in other countries—providing funding to build infrastructure like roads and railways, energy supplies, telecommunications, and more. Through these efforts China has expanded its influence globally, posing significant challenges to the United States’ economic, political, and security interests.”


Within the same lengthy article, we point to this development: “The United States spent $76 billion compared to China’s $679 billion on similar global infrastructure projects—like those in transportation, energy, communication, industry, water supply and sanitation, as well as mining and construction. The U.S. can’t outspend China.”


But there is a third rising giant; it is Europe. What is their unique capacity? Their motto is, “United in Diversity.” That’s the nexus point we need to watch. While the news media proclaims doom and destruction, the reality looks quite different. Never has planet earth been so peaceful, prosperous, and luxurious as it is today.


When we ask, what is the binding adhesive among the nations, it can be summarized with one word: merchandise. The world’s leaders are looking toward a new global order relating to merchandise. That, incidentally, will also be at the very end, when the Bible speaks about the Great Tribulation. The nations of the world are not bemoaning the destruction and death, but the loss of merchandise. When that hour arrives, Revelation 18:15-17 will be fulfilled: “The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off.”

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