Washington’s Middle East gamble may deepen its own decline while reinforcing Beijing’s rise
Daily Maverick | 01.04.2026 02:30
The conflict now engulfing the Middle East is no longer merely a regional conflagration. It is the most rapidly escalating and volatile front in the broader contest between the incumbent superpower America and its rising challenger, China. On current evidence, Washington’s foolish gambit is playing right into Beijing’s hands.
