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There is a shift of foreign policy in the past two years. i think the normalization revelations between sawed rabe wra a ia and iran is significant and what you have now is the saudis are trying to exit yemen. yemen has been really very costly for saudi arabia, both financially and reputation. they're trying to re-live in peace with iraq. why? because they have come to realize they cannot really rely on the united states, that they believe that the united states is retrenching and has been retrenching from the region and also they're terrified of what comes next in the next five or ten or 20 y...

Post-american middle east? >> i think if you ask me, i would say it's really -- it's what leaders in the region and they look at the world and say china is the future and it's the chinese sanction, and the next 10, 20, 30 years it will be china's to have, just to give you an example for your viewers. ch china is the biggest trade partner. china will be the greatest trade partners of almost every single middle eastern state in the next ten or 20 years. so if you follow the trail of money and the saudis are not irrational and they're very rational and the big trend is not just about saudi arabia...

"With the concerted efforts of regional countries, the situation in the South China Sea has maintained overall stability. The US-Philippines defense guidelines is a bilateral arrangement," Mao said. "China firmly opposes any country’s move to meddle in the South China Sea issue to harm China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests by citing the guidelines," she added.

On his way to have coffee with US Vice President Kamala Harris and US Second Gentleman Dough Emhoff, a reporter asked Marcos how concerned he was “with the continued provocation made by China” in the region.   "As concerned as you could possibly be,” Marcos replied. “It is one of the major issues that we have to face back home."

"Exchange and cooperation between relevant countries should not target any third party and should be conducive to regional peace and stability," Wang said at a press conference. "The US-Philippines military cooperation must not interfere in South China Sea disputes, still less harm China’s territorial sovereignty, maritime rights and interests and security interests," he added.