Washington cedes its role
Rami G. Khouri; 2/5/08
One of the important developments in Middle Eastern diplomacy that becomes more obvious with every passing month is the continued marginalisation of the United States. As the Bush administration and the presidential candidates find themselves focusing most of their Middle East-related attention on the complex challenges the US invasion has created in Iraq, other important regional issues seem to be moving into the hands of local players and mediators. The more the United States is marginalised diplomatically as a would-be mediator because of its own short-sighted tendency blindly to support Israel’s positions, to buttress Arab autocrats, and to oppose the large, populist Islamo-nationalist movements, the more other mediators from the area make progress in resolving or reducing the intensity of conflicts.
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Tags: Marginalisation, USA