https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/03/us-imperial-anxieties-mount-over-china-… Created Tue, 14/03/2023 - 20:00 Updated Tue, 14/03/2023 - 20:00 One American intelligence expert urged the U.S. to maintain friendly relations with "barbarous, but long-standing allies" in the Middle East lest China fill the vacuum. Tags China Middle East