If the U.S. is stuck with less of the blame for everything that goes wrong in the Middle East—and less of the burden for feeling forced to solve it—then two cheers for Xi Jinping.
First, the tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which has sparked proxy wars, terrorist attacks, and other provocations, is the biggest source of possible war in the region. Calming that tension is in U.S. security interests, as well as the interests of all the parties, including Israel.Second, Washington currently has no leverage to haul the foreign ministers from Riyadh and Tehran into the same room, much less preside over a subsequent handshake and reopening of each other’s embassies.
We actually do have a number of common or converging interests; stability in the Middle East is one of them.Third, this step, as significant as it is, does not remotely resemble a Saudi-Iranian peace pact. The schism between Sunnis and Shiites will remain the predominant source of conflict in the region. Saudi Arabia—along with Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—will continue to have tense, often hostile relations with Iran.
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