Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022

Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022: Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - We saw a lot of pivotal developments in the Middle East this year, including the impact of climate change in the form of increasing aridity and massive dust storms. But there were also realignments of interests that affect the U.S. Here are some of them: 1. President Biden in July made a trip to Saudi Arabia where he began trying to repair relations with Riyadh after having vowed to make the country a 'pariah' over the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018. He fist-bumped with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the