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.
During the Cold War, the United States occupied the apex of this triangular dynamic, pitting China and the USSR against each other. Today, it is Beijing that occupies that apex.
A summit that would normally send a reassuring message ... faces total uncertainty thanks to the weakness of the United States. The only person to blame for this is Trump.
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CUT all aid & trade and STOP all arms exports
CUT ALL funding and STOP the export to Israel of CAT bulldozers and also:
ALL EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT
F16 & F15 FIGHTER/ BOMBER AIRCRAFT
CLUSTER BOMBS
BUNKER BUSTING BOMBS
ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES
TANKS & ARMORED VEHICLES
GUNS & ARTILLERY
ELECTRONIC MISSILE SYSTEMS
COVERT LISTENING DEVICES
UNMANNED DRONES
PLUTONIUM FOR NUCLEAR WARHEADS
CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL FOR WMD
WHITE PHOSPHORUS & TOXIC GASES
aipacisbadfordemocracy