Considering KSA pacts with Israel and USA, one questions where their allegiaces actually are. We already know where Israel and USA allegiances are. Russia, China, DPRK, are the variables that from my own ignorance and looking in from the outside are making this extremely interesting and hard to guess.
KSA’s allegiance is to KSA, if a pact with the US helps them, they will make it, if a pact with China helps them, they will make it. One reason cited by Saudi leaders as to why Saudi Arabia made more tech deals with China, Huawei for example despite US warnings, is that the deals aren’t conditioned on normalization with Israel and social and political changes.
KSA knows that it is a rich country that has many weak points and has no chance of surviving being on the bad side of the US. What the US is doing to Gaza serves as a warning to Arab leaders which makes them afraid unfortunately.
Something I read here on Lemmy is that states don’t have allies, they have interests, and I’d confidently wager that’s the underlying truth regardless of state. Being allied with so many in the general region if (when?) something pops off begs the question, what is the prevailing interest.
Considering KSA pacts with Israel and USA, one questions where their allegiaces actually are. We already know where Israel and USA allegiances are. Russia, China, DPRK, are the variables that from my own ignorance and looking in from the outside are making this extremely interesting and hard to guess.
KSA’s allegiance is to the Almighty Dollar at this point, why else would they bring WrestleMania to Saudi.
KSA’s allegiance is to KSA, if a pact with the US helps them, they will make it, if a pact with China helps them, they will make it. One reason cited by Saudi leaders as to why Saudi Arabia made more tech deals with China, Huawei for example despite US warnings, is that the deals aren’t conditioned on normalization with Israel and social and political changes.
KSA knows that it is a rich country that has many weak points and has no chance of surviving being on the bad side of the US. What the US is doing to Gaza serves as a warning to Arab leaders which makes them afraid unfortunately.
Something I read here on Lemmy is that states don’t have allies, they have interests, and I’d confidently wager that’s the underlying truth regardless of state. Being allied with so many in the general region if (when?) something pops off begs the question, what is the prevailing interest.