Boy prince Salman, the future king of Saudi Arabia has been humiliated by Joe Biden. Any Arab leader won't forget, nor forgive. The Saudi Kingdom will take the best from East and West in line with its own national interest. Salman has turned his back on Israel and America. There is the Arab Peace Initiative from 2002 collecting dust.

The UAE has closer ties to Israeli intelligence and cooperation and differs with KSA on the Yemen War. For over a decade the UAE has a civilian nuclear program, a contract with a South Korean consortium. Three units are operating. Outside the USA and Europe, there are many options for modern nuclear plants with Russia, India and China. The latter leading with a massive 228 nuclear reactors in development.

Since Vision 2030 was unveiled in 2016, Saudi policy elites have expressed a strong and seemingly non-negotiable interest in developing the capacity to produce low-enriched uranium as nuclear fuel utilizing domestic resources: In other words, nuclear fuel-cycle independence.

It is lonely in the NATO for the Middle East with new member Israel.

On 15 January 2020, to bind the Biden administration, Mike Pompeo and the Pentagon pulls Israel out of EUCOM into a new development in CENTCOM. The prospect of an Israel-Arab states alliance to confront the new China-Iran partnership.

Why the Middle East Does Not Need a Nato-Like Alliance? | Future UAE - 07 August 2022 |

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