Thanks to Sanctions, the US Is Losing Its Grip on the Middle East

Tags Economic FreedomGlobal EconomyWar and Foreign Policy

06/06/2023Ryan McMaken

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While the US ratchets up efforts to isolate its many enemies, the Chinese, the Saudis, the Arab League, and OPEC all shrug and look to increasing international communication and trade.

Original Article: "Thanks to Sanctions, the US Is Losing Its Grip on the Middle East"

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Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) is executive editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for the Mises Wire and Power and Market, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in public policy and international relations from the University of Colorado. He was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Breaking Away: The Case of Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities and Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.