micchiato 🎋“the West’s overriding imperative was to secure freedom of navigation through critical strategic infrastructure—the Strait of #Hormuz, the #Suez Canal, the Bab al-Mandab—and shoring up the authoritarian regimes that could be trusted to protect these locations in line with Western interests, regardless of their #humanrights records or respect for liberal freedoms. This position was repeatedly demonstrated by Washington’s policies in the Arab world: its 2003 invasion of #Iraq, which destroyed a state and led to a catastrophic power vacuum; its unconditional support for Israeli governments regardless of their conduct; and its backing for the ongoing #war in #Gaza”
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/america-never-had-the-arab-world-the-ruins-of-the-liberal-international-order/
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/america-never-had-the-arab-world-the-ruins-of-the-liberal-international-order/
America Never Had the Arab World: The Ruins of the Liberal International Order
A recent Foreign Affairs article by Amaney Jamal and Michael Robbins of the Arab Barometer public opinion project carries a blunt headline: “America Has Lost the Arab World.” Drawing on surveys conducted across eight Arab countries in the second half of 2025, Jamal and Robbins document a collapse in US standing in the region that goes well beyond opposition to […]
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