China and the Remaking of the Middle East | The Agenda

Last month, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced that they’d come to an agreement to normalize relations. That is a significant shift, no doubt. But the fact that China - customarily not a player in the political machinations of the region - helped broker that deal, makes it all the more potentially seismic. We discuss the significance of these events.
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