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The great Gulf miscalculation: Beijing’s ‘diplomatic masterstroke’ meets M. East reality – opinion

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in July 2025. A 2023 deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran was marketed as a diplomatic masterstroke, but in light of recent events is collapsing. (photo credit: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
Why Beijing’s Saudi-Iran deal and the imagined regional axis are colliding with hard geopolitical realities.