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

Jerusalem were controlled by Jordan, and Gaza was controlled by Egypt. The Persian Gulf consists of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain.

From the perspective of the United States, the Levant has no geostrategic value. The subregion has no significant oil and gas resources. Washington has never viewed continue reading …