[T]he international community is waiting with bated breath to see what next the [U.S.] authorities will do to inadvertently expose FIFA's blatant hypocrisy.
President Trump’s messy handling of the Iran conflict has helped birth an axis that brings nuclear capability, serious money, and growing international clout together.
The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.