There is no ‘Middle East.’ There’s a Levant America loves and a Gulf China needs

that the current U.S.-Iran war has crystallized is whether denial of access to Persian Gulf oil to its adversaries remains a vital national interest of America.

Uniquely, the United States, in its war with Iran, for the first time directly links (via Israel’s role as co-belligerent) the Levant and the Persian Gulf. Interestingly, at the dawn of U.S.continue reading …